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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perk up

verb

Forms perks up perking up perked up

  1. verb (intransitive) To become more upright “His ears perked up when he heard there would be ice cream.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To become more lively or enthusiastic.
  3. verb (transitive) To cause to be more upright, straighten up.
  4. verb (transitive) to cause to be more lively or enthusiastic.
  5. verb (intransitive, obsolete) To exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position.

Synonyms

rise stick up cheer up get it up right straighten elate hearten beatify enrapture begladden blissen bright cheer fetch cherish content delight elevate enbliss perk percolate pick up gain vigor stimulate arouse brace energize energise

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