Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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all over

adjective, adverb, preposition

Forms all-over

  1. adjective Implying a lengthy, exhausting or unpleasant experience. “I just spent two hours in the dentist's chair. Thank God it's all over.”
  2. adjective Implying loss or sadness. “Just as soon as Christmas arrives, it seems it's all over.”
  3. adjective Covered everywhere with; covered throughout with.
  4. adjective Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: all over. “It's the final fence ... and ... the horses are all over!”
  5. adverb (idiomatic) Over an entire extent. “He was covered all over with mud.”
  6. adverb (idiomatic) Everywhere. “I've looked all over for it.”
  7. adverb (idiomatic) In every way; thoroughly. “Dancing with everyone, singing show tunes all night: that was Luke all over.”
  8. preposition (idiomatic) Everywhere; covering completely. “He dropped the bucket and got paint all over the floor and his clothes.”

Synonyms

complete concluded ended over terminated everywhere everyplace

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “all over”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details