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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knock up

/nɒk ʌp/ verb

Forms knocks up knocking up knocked up

  1. verb (colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. “I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation.”
  2. verb (UK) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
  3. verb (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
  4. verb (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
  5. verb (slang, chiefly US) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock or accidentally. See knocked up. “I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.”
  6. verb (racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
  7. verb (bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form. “to knock up printed sheets”
  8. verb (printing) To straighten up a stack of paper.

Synonyms

knock together run up construct kludge bring round tire weary get with child wear down wear out wake up impregnate bang up prang up

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