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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get in

verb, interjection

Forms gets in getting in got in gotten in

  1. verb Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
  2. verb (transitive) To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively. “Hurry up and get in the car!”
  3. verb (intransitive) To enter a place; to gain access. “If you want to get in, you'll need the gate code and a key.”
  4. verb (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To secure membership at a selective school. “All of our students who applied to university got in.”
  5. verb (intransitive, idiomatic) To be elected to some office. “Do the early results say our candidate will get in?”
  6. verb (transitive) To fit (words) into a conversation etc.
  7. verb (of evenings or nights) To become dark earlier as a result of seasonal change; to draw in. “Winter's on the way, and the nights are getting in.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To arrive. “What time does your flight get in?”
  9. interjection (UK, slang) An exclamation of joy at one's success. “- You gained full marks in the exam. - Get in!”

Synonyms

drive out result enter come in get into go into go in move into arrive make it go far pull in move in draw in

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