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.

take back

verb

Forms takes back taking back took back taken back

verb (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement). “No, you are not fat; I take it all back.”
verb (transitive) To cause (someone) to remember some past event or time. “That tune takes me back to my childhood.”
verb (transitive) To resume a relationship with (someone). “She has forgiven him, and taken him back.”
verb Physically so. “The wedding is off, and he has taken back the ring.”
verb Culturally so. “The Queer community took back the word from their disparagers.”
verb (transitive) To return (something) to a vendor for a refund. “Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.”

Synonyms

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