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.

hold over

/ˌhəʊld ˈəʊ̯.və/ verb

Forms holds over holding over held over

verb (transitive, sometimes idiomatic) (Of a resource) To support or sustain someone for a limited period. “These crisps should hold me over until supper.”
verb (transitive, idiomatic) To save, delay. “We will have to hold over these files until tomorrow.”
verb (intransitive) To remain in office, possession, residency etc., beyond a certain date. “We should hold over this report until the new department lead comes in.”
verb (transitive) To be in a position to harm (someone); to have damaging information on (someone). “He's holding those allegations over my head.”

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