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.

account for

/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/ verb

Forms accounts for accounting for accounted for

verb (transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed. “I don't have to account for anything to you.”
verb (transitive) To be the primary cause of “The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.”
verb (transitive) To constitute in amount or portion. “German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.”
verb (transitive) To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
verb (transitive) To be answerable for.
verb (transitive) To destroy or put out of action. “Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.”
verb (transitive, dated) To kill, as in hunting. “He accounted for two deer today.”

Sources: Wiktionary — from the Wiktionary entry “account for”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details