used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
Algy
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
amusingadjectiveUS /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/
providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
Charlie
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
don't
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
the act of retaining something
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
moralsnounUS /ˈmɔːrəlz/
motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
not any; not one
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
and nothing more
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
ScottnounUS /skɑːt/
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
ludicrous, foolish
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
Somers
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From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
use up a period of time in a specific way
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Do you know what sort of character these boys have got?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
they're
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From this reading They are nice boys, and I don’t care about their morals, don’t you know? as long as they’re amusing.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
precisely as stated
From this reading Your people must be very silly people, and no mistake.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What, to spend a whole night out in the bay with Charlie Somers and Algy Scott, and then to ask me what you have done?
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I only wonder to find you holding up your head at all.
