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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beat down

verb

Forms beats down beating down beaten down beat downs

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, down. “The transmission tower was beaten down by the storm.”
  2. verb (transitive) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash. “The government tried to beat down the opposition movement.”
  3. verb (intransitive) (of the sun) To shine brightly and radiate with intense heat. “We had to leave the beach because the sun was really beating down.”
  4. verb (intransitive) (of rain) To strike with great force. “It was a ghastly morning, with the rain beating down in sheets.”
  5. verb (transitive) To wear (someone) out by repeated actions that overwhelm one's patience or strength. “She continued to badger until his friend did what he said. Eventually, she beat him down and he gave in.”
  6. verb (transitive, informal) To haggle with (someone) to sell at a lower price. “I managed to beat him down to half his original asking price.”
  7. verb (transitive, slang) To severely beat someone up.

Synonyms

bargain down

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