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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run on

verb

Forms runs on running on ran on

  1. verb (idiomatic) To continue without interruption “We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.”
  2. verb Using a certain time zone. “I was still running on daylight savings time.”
  3. verb (idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time. “She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.”
  4. verb To operate with a particular energy source. “This car runs on bio-alcohol.”
  5. verb To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
  6. verb (printing, historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
  7. verb (transitive, dated) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
  8. verb (transitive) To rely on (something) for popular support in an election. “The senator is running on his record.”

Synonyms

keep going

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