Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

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)

-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.

as such

prepositional phrase

prepositional phrase In the role or manner of the thing mentioned. “This is a valuable artefact and should be treated as such.”
prepositional phrase (usually in negative constructions) In a true or literal sense. “I don't have a library as such, but I do have quite a large collection of books.”
prepositional phrase Per se, by itself, in itself, in and of itself. “Money as such is not the root of evil.”
prepositional phrase Being as previously mentioned or described. “I'm a mother of four young children; as such, I'm always rushed off my feet.”

Synonyms

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