The spelling of the word "brought pressure bear up on" can be difficult to understand without knowledge of its phonetic transcription. In IPA, it is /brɔt ˈprɛʃər bɛr ʌp ɑn/. The word "brought" is spelled with the combination of "br" and "ought", where "ough" is pronounced as /ɔt/. "Pressure" contains the letter "s" which is pronounced as /ʃ/ in this word. "Bear up on" is a combination of "bear" and "up on", where "bear" is pronounced as /bɛr/ and "up on" is pronounced as /ʌp ɑn/.