Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

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

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)

-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.

get at

verb

Forms gets at getting at got at gotten at

verb To manage to gain access to. “I have a lot of money in my trust fund. I just can't get at it.”
verb To understand or ascertain by investigation. “We need to get at the root cause of all this.”
verb To mean, signify, imply. “I don't understand. What are you getting at?”
verb To attack verbally or physically; to annoy, bother. “He's a bit disheartened. The newspapers have been getting at him again.”
verb To persuade by intimidation; to tamper with; to corrupt. “That was a ridiculous verdict. I think the jury was got at.”
verb To begin working on or dealing with. “Stop procrastinating on your work and get at it!”
verb (slang, US) To contact someone. “I've got some things to do for about an hour. After that, get at me.”
verb (slang, UK) To tease (someone).

Synonyms

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