boy
To act as a boyTo act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
» Every boy and girl knows him.
Каждый мальчик и каждая девочка его знают. — odexed
Кожен хлопець чи дівчина знає його. — quez
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1 sensesTo act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).
Examples
4506 sentencesEvery boy and girl knows him.
Кожен хлопець чи дівчина знає його. — quez
ruКаждый мальчик и каждая девочка его знают. — odexed
The boy sat on a chair.
Хлопчик сів на стілець. — deniko
ruМальчик сел на стул. — odexed
deDer Junge saß auf einem Stuhl. — Wolf
The boy can count to ten.
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти. — rmdas
ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти. — Avelesy
deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen. — cost
Every boy here has a girlfriend.
Тут у кожного хлопця є дівчина. — deniko
deJeder Junge hier hat eine Freundin. — Vortarulo
I know some of these boys.
Я знаю декого з цих хлопців. — ascolto
Origin
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
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Forms
boys, boying, boyed, boyedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- the only boy
- the other boys
- the boy was
- of the boys
- other boys
- the boy who
- a little boy
- little boy
- was a boy
- boy over there
- boy in the
- all the boys