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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move on

verb

Forms moves on moving on moved on

  1. verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To continue; to proceed; to go on. “After spending the night resting in an abandoned church, the group decided to move on in their quest.”
  2. verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To start dealing with something else. “The best revenge is always to just happily move on and let karma do the rest.”
  3. verb (idiomatic, transitive, informal) To attempt a seduction, often in a way seen as disloyal or rude to another. “I think Shane is going to move on my ex tonight.”
  4. verb To physically move something or someone. “The police moved the protestors on.”
  5. verb (African-American Vernacular, transitive) To assault or attack.

Synonyms

advance progress pass on march on go on

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