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.

stand out

verb

Forms stands out standing out stood out

verb To jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.).
verb (intransitive) To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
verb (intransitive, nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
verb (obsolete) To maintain, to persist in claiming (that).
verb (intransitive) To be clearly distinguishable; to be obvious, to be easily noticeable, in contrast to the surroundings. “Tourist guides often carry umbrellas so that they stand out in a crowd.”
verb (intransitive, used figuratively) To be prominent or conspicuous; to have special significance. “She stood out from the other candidates and was offered the job.”

Synonyms

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