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.

set back

verb

Forms sets back setting back

verb (transitive) To delay or obstruct. “I expect it will set us back by a day or so, but I think a side trip will be worthwhile.”
verb (transitive) To remove from or allow distance. “Set it back from the road by twenty or thirty feet.”
verb (transitive) To install or position behind a boundary or surface, or in a recess. “The statue was set back in a niche.”
verb (transitive, idiomatic) To cost money. “How much do you suppose that fancy dress set her back?”
verb To reverse, go backwards.

Synonyms

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