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 tight

verb, interjection

Forms holds tight holding tight held tight

verb (literally) To hold onto something securely or closely. “Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.”
verb (figuratively) To remain patient, until a specified event occurs. “Hold tight, I will go and look for your orders in our back room.”
interjection (UK, slang) A phrase used to shout out or show appreciation for someone, often in the context of music, especially grime or drum and bass scenes. “Hold tight Asznee, he's got the pumpy.”

Synonyms

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