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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get onto

verb

Forms gets onto getting onto got onto gotten onto

  1. verb To contact a person or organisation about a particular matter. “You should get onto the manufacturers and complain.”
  2. verb To connect, especially to the Internet or a network. “With my new computer, I can get onto the Internet faster.”
  3. verb (transitive) To scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone. “My father got onto me for taking the car without asking.”
  4. verb (ditransitive, informal) To introduce someone to something. “My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.”
  5. verb (informal) To take a look at someone or something. “Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.”
  6. verb (informal, transitive, slang) To believe or suspect something; to understand or come to understand something; to realize something.
  7. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, onto. “The child will get onto the merry-go-round.”

Synonyms

log on reprimand scold board catch on get wise tumble latch on cotton on twig get it

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