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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go for

verb

Forms goes for going for went for gone for

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for. “I'll go for some milk.”
  2. verb (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach. “I'll go for the world record.”
  3. verb (transitive) To undertake (an action); to choose an option. “His phone was off and I couldn't ask his permission, so I decided to just go for it.”
  4. verb (transitive) To attack. “Careful, he'll go for your throat!”
  5. verb (transitive) To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with. “Clyde took one look at Bonnie and really went for her.”
  6. verb (transitive) To favor, accept; to have a preference for. “Management won't go for such a risky project now.”
  7. verb (transitive, informal) To fall for (a trick)
  8. verb (transitive) To apply equally to. “Stop taking my food from the fridge! That goes for you too, Nick!”

Synonyms

apply hold accept consent hope fancy take to try for

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