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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lose one's temper

/luːz wʌnz tɛmpə(ɹ)/ verb

Forms loses one's temper losing one's temper lost one's temper

  1. verb (intransitive, idiomatic) To become angry or annoyed. “When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he completely lost his temper.”

Synonyms

blow one's top crash out go ape go apeshit go ballistic go batshit go postal hit the ceiling hit the roof lose it lose one's cool lose one's rag pop one's cork snap Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise. blow a fuse blow a gasket blow one's stack cut up nasty cut up rough flip one's lid blow up throw a fit have kittens have a fit combust fly off the handle flip one's wig

Antonyms

calm down chill chill out chillax cool it cool off cool one's jets get a grip have one's wits about one keep one's cool keep one's head keep one's shirt on

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “lose one's temper”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details