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.

play out

verb

Forms plays out playing out played out

verb (transitive) To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion.
verb (transitive) To play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in (a programme, broadcast etc.). “And now, to play us out, please welcome Tom Waits.”
verb (intransitive) To occur or develop in a certain manner. “Let's keep our heads down for a little while and see how things play out.”
verb (transitive, perhaps influenced by or confused with 'pay out') To feed (rope, cord, etc.) so as to allow more length or slackness. “I sat at the top of the cliff and played out the rope as she descended.”
verb (sports, intransitive, transitive, Europe) To compete in a play-out; to compete against (an opponent) in a play-out.
verb To die.

Synonyms

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