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 on

verb

Forms takes on taking on took on taken on

  1. verb To acquire, bring in, or introduce. “The ship took on cargo in Norfolk yesterday.”
  2. verb To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job. “Taking on a first employee should be done with care and consideration.”
  3. verb (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit. “In the dark, the teddy bear took on the appearance of a fearsome monster.”
  4. verb (idiomatic) To assume or take responsibility for. “I'll take on the project if no one else will.”
  5. verb (UK) To accept (feedback). “Thanks for your comments, I'll take them on.”
  6. verb (idiomatic) To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with. “I don't recommend taking on that bully, since he's bigger than you are.”
  7. verb (soccer) To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player).
  8. verb (intransitive, colloquial) To catch on, do well; to become popular.

Synonyms

assume acquire adopt take take over undertake tackle accept admit meet encounter play

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