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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take down

verb

Forms takes down taking down took down taken down

  1. verb To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. “He took down the picture and replaced it with the framed photograph.”
  2. verb To remove something from a hanging position. “We need to take down the curtains to be cleaned.”
  3. verb To remove something from a website. “We must take this fake news item down today.”
  4. verb To write down as a note, especially to record something spoken. “If you have a pen, you can take down my phone number.”
  5. verb To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding. “When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.”
  6. verb To lower an item of clothing without removing it. “The doctor asked me to take down my trousers.”
  7. verb To arrest someone or to place them in detention. “You have been found guilty. Take the prisoner down.”
  8. verb To swallow. “I took down the medicine and soon felt better.”

Synonyms

lower let down get down bring down degrade disgrace demean put down level raze rase dismantle tear down pull down note

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