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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roll around

verb

Forms rolls around rolling around rolled around

  1. verb (intransitive) To move about on the ground while rotating and turning one's body. “Pigs like to roll around in the mud.”
  2. verb (intransitive) To be considered, without much coherence, in someone's mind. “I'm going to write a book because I've got all these crazy ideas rolling around in my head.”
  3. verb (intransitive, slang) To indulge in sexual intercourse (with). “I know a girl who's fun to roll around with, but can't have a conversation.”
  4. verb (intransitive, colloquial) To laugh very heartily.
  5. verb (intransitive) Of a time or event: to come up; to happen. “By the time Friday rolls around, I'm ready for the weekend.”

Synonyms

bump nasties have sex tumble approach cohabit common company copulate couple engage in sex exchange flesh have intimate relations have marital relations have sexual relations intercourse know know someone in the biblical sense make love mate share a bed come around

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