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.

put off

verb, adjective

Forms puts off putting off

verb (transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination. “Don't put off your homework to the last minute.”
verb (transitive) To delay (a task, event, etc.). “The storm put off the game by a week.”
verb (transitive) To distract; to disturb the concentration of. “Please be quiet. I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off.”
verb (transitive) To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). “Almost drowning put him off swimming.”
verb (transitive) To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). “This type of firewood puts off a strong smell.”
verb (transitive, archaic) To take off (something worn). “to put off a mask”
adjective offended, repulsed “The guest was quite put off by an odor.”
adjective daunted or fazed “All but the most dedicated were put off by the huge task.”

Synonyms

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