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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hammer out

verb

Forms hammers out hammering out hammered out

  1. verb (transitive) To flatten and shape (metal) by hammering. “A smith hammers out iron on an anvil.”
  2. verb (transitive) To create (something) by hammering metal; to repair (something made of metal that has become bent or dented) by hammering. “I watched a tinsmith hammer out a funnel.”
  3. verb (transitive) To remove (something tightly in place) by hammering. “The bolt wouldn’t budge so she tried hammering it out.”
  4. verb (transitive) To produce (a sound or signal) by hammering. “The kids are forever hammering out “Heart and Soul” on the piano.”
  5. verb (transitive) To type (something) on a keyboard.
  6. verb (transitive, figurative) To create or develop (an idea, plan, piece of writing, etc.) with effort. “It took me all night to hammer out the first draft of my essay.”
  7. verb (transitive, figurative) To come to (a difficult agreement or settlement) after much arguing and conflict. “Two years after the flood, my lawyer managed to hammer out a settlement with my insurance company over the damages.”

Synonyms

thrash out

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