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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bail out

verb

Forms bails out bailing out bailed out bale out

  1. verb (transitive) To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail money.
  2. verb (transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
  3. verb (transitive, idiomatic) To rescue, especially financially. “Once again, the industry got itself in trouble and government had to bail it out.”
  4. verb (intransitive, usually with of) To exit an aircraft while in flight. “Make sure your parachute harness is securely fastened before you bail out!”
  5. verb (intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To leave (or not attend at all) a place or a situation, especially quickly or when the situation has become undesirable; to abandon (something). “I'm going to bail out of class today.”
  6. verb (intransitive, idiomatic, slang, with on) To abandon (someone) when that person faces difficulties. “When I got arrested, she bailed out on me.”
  7. verb (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, with of) To sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. “I'm going to bail out of stocks and buy gold instead.”
  8. verb (intransitive, with of) To make an unscheduled voluntary termination of an underwater dive, usually implying the use of an alternative breathing gas supply.

Synonyms

bale out

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