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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let go

verb

Forms lets go letting go

  1. verb (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on. “You're hurting him! Let him go!”
  2. verb To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
  3. verb (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment. “The secretary didn't work out, so her boss told her she was being let go.”
  4. verb (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
  5. verb (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
  6. verb (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight. “Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!”
  7. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go. “Please, Mom, can you let me go to her party?”

Synonyms

release unhand leggo relinquish decruit dehire unhire lay off fire axe can discard remove discharge dismiss downsize give the axe give someone the boot give someone their cards give the chop let go of

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