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 to

verb

Forms gets to getting to got to gotten to

  1. verb (transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity). “I’ll call you when I get to the railway station.”
  2. verb (of someone or something that is or has been missing) To go to or be located at (a particular place). “Where has Jane got to? She was here just a moment ago.”
  3. verb (transitive, informal) To be allowed to. “You won't get to have any dessert until you finish your vegetables.”
  4. verb (transitive) To affect adversely; to upset or annoy. “This job’s really getting to me. I don’t know how much longer I’ll last.”
  5. verb (transitive) To attack, intimidate or kill; to corrupt or bribe. “He’s refusing to testify. I think the Mob got to him.”
  6. verb (transitive) To begin (something); to get around to doing (something). “He got to his chores in the afternoon.”

Synonyms

reach make progress to annoy rag bother get at irritate rile nark nettle gravel vex chafe devil

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