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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play along

verb

Forms plays along playing along played along

  1. verb (idiomatic) To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke. “James thought it was cruel for the fraternity members to make the pledge think his father had died suddenly and refused to play along.”
  2. verb (idiomatic) To participate in a joke or trick while hiding one's knowledge of its true nature. “I knew that my blind date was an April Fools trick, but I played along anyway.”
  3. verb (idiomatic) To play a musical instrument in synchrony with a playback of a recording. “I like to practise guitar by playing along with records.”
  4. verb (idiomatic, US) To cooperate or go along with a plan. “I have doubts about your plan, but I'll play along for now.”
  5. verb (idiomatic, US) To pretend to cooperate or go along with a plan. “I haven't told him yet, I'm still playing along with his scheme.”
  6. verb (idiomatic, UK) To manipulate (someone). “The con man plays his victims along until he senses the moment to ask for money.”
  7. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, along. “The children spent the day playing along the river.”

Synonyms

go along accompany follow

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