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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mix up

verb, noun

Forms mixes up mixing up mixed up mix ups mix-up mixup

  1. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To mix or blend thoroughly and completely. “She mixed up peat moss, humus, and compost to make potting soil.”
  2. verb (intransitive, idiomatic) To combine thoroughly. “All the smells of the food had mixed up together.”
  3. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed. “She mixed up a batch of her own potting soil.”
  4. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To confuse or reverse. “I always mix up Vermont and New Hampshire on a map.”
  5. verb (transitive, usually passive voice, with with, often with be or get) To become involved with, especially socially or romantically. “He got mixed up with a bad crowd.”
  6. verb To shuffle. “mix up this Rubik's cube”
  7. noun A mix, blend, or variety. “Next time, let's ask a group with a different mix up.”
  8. noun (idiomatic) A confusion or reversal. “I refuse to send them any more money until they fix this mix up.”

Synonyms

scramble jumble addle baffle vex lose embroil stick stump baffound bamboozle bedevil befuddle throw bemud bemuse bewilder bumfuzzle complicate confound confuse

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