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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lay up

verb

Forms lays up laying up laid up

  1. verb (transitive) To store; to put by. “We must lay up enough stores to get us through the winter.”
  2. verb (transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed. “He was laid up for six weeks with pneumonia.”
  3. verb (intransitive) To recuperate or rest; to remain in a place. “He laid up until recovering from his illness.”
  4. verb (transitive) To take out of active service. “The battleship is presently laid up in Portsmouth Harbour.”
  5. verb (intransitive) To go out of active service. “The cruise ship lays up in November for the winter.”
  6. verb (transitive, basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball) “He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.”
  7. verb (intransitive, golf) To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot. “Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.”
  8. verb (slang, US) To have sex; to have a sexual relationship.

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