CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MUCK ABOUT
PRESENT
Present
I muck about
you muck about
he/she/it mucks about
we muck about
you muck about
they muck about
Present continuous
I am mucking about
you are mucking about
he/she/it is mucking about
we are mucking about
you are mucking about
they are mucking about
Present perfect
I have mucked about
you have mucked about
he/she/it has mucked about
we have mucked about
you have mucked about
they have mucked about
Present perfect continuous
I have been mucking about
you have been mucking about
he/she/it has been mucking about
we have been mucking about
you have been mucking about
they have been mucking about
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I mucked about
you mucked about
he/she/it mucked about
we mucked about
you mucked about
they mucked about
Past continuous
I was mucking about
you were mucking about
he/she/it was mucking about
we were mucking about
you were mucking about
they were mucking about
Past perfect
I had mucked about
you had mucked about
he/she/it had mucked about
we had mucked about
you had mucked about
they had mucked about
Past perfect continuous
I had been mucking about
you had been mucking about
he/she/it had been mucking about
we had been mucking about
you had been mucking about
they had been mucking about
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will muck about
you will muck about
he/she/it will muck about
we will muck about
you will muck about
they will muck about
Future continuous
I will be mucking about
you will be mucking about
he/she/it will be mucking about
we will be mucking about
you will be mucking about
they will be mucking about
Future perfect
I will have mucked about
you will have mucked about
he/she/it will have mucked about
we will have mucked about
you will have mucked about
they will have mucked about
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mucking about
you will have been mucking about
he/she/it will have been mucking about
we will have been mucking about
you will have been mucking about
they will have been mucking about
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would muck about
you would muck about
he/she/it would muck about
we would muck about
you would muck about
they would muck about
Conditional continuous
I would be mucking about
you would be mucking about
he/she/it would be mucking about
we would be mucking about
you would be mucking about
they would be mucking about
Conditional perfect
I would have muck about
you would have muck about
he/she/it would have muck about
we would have muck about
you would have muck about
they would have muck about
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mucking about
you would have been mucking about
he/she/it would have been mucking about
we would have been mucking about
you would have been mucking about
they would have been mucking about
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you muck about
we let´s muck about
you muck about
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
mucked about
Present Participle
mucking about
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUCK ABOUT»
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muck about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
muck about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Below that is black, very strongly acid muck about 17 inches thick. The next layer
is very dark brown, very strongly acid muck about 12 inches thick. It is underlain
by dark grayish-brown, strongly acid muck that has a high content of ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1977
In a representative profile, the surface layer is black muck about 10 inches thick.
The next layer is very dark brown muck about 20 inches thick. This muck contains
considerable marl in the lower part. Below the muck is white marl that contains ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1973
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Styles of Learning and Teaching: An Integrated Outline of ...
Why do you think you muck about? I don't know. . . for a laugh I suppose; if the
lesson gets boring we just start mucking about a bit. . . . But you don't muck about
in every lesson, do you? Why do you muck about sometimes and not others then
?
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Soil survey of Dakota County, Minnesota
Typically, the surface layer is black muck about 5 inches thick. The middle layer is
very dark grayish brown peaty muck about 21 inches thick. The underlying
material to a depth of about 60 inches is very dark grayish brown peaty muck. ln ...
Steven J. Hundley, United States. Soil Conservation Service, University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983
Below this is a layer of black muck about 20 inches thick that has faint bands of
dark reddish brown muck. The next layer is dark reddish brown fibrous mucky
peat (hemic material) about 22 inches thick. Below this is dark reddish brown
muck ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1978
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Soil Survey of Ingham County, Michigan
Typically, the surface layer is black muck about 8 inches thick. The underlying
layers to a depth of 60 inches are dark reddish brown and black muck. Palms
soils are nearly level. Typically, the upper layer is black muck about 36 inches
thick.
Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1979
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
3 derog, colloq anything disgusting or of very poor quality n How can you read
that muck? e=- verb (mucked, mucking) to treat (soil) with manure. • make a muck
of something colloq to do it badly; to ruin or spoil it. Q13c. • muck about or around
...
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Soil survey of Douglas County, Minnesota
... and grasses over a loamy mineral substratum that begins at a depth of 16 to 51
inches. They are in sloughs and depressions. In a representative profile, the
surface layer is black muck about 9 inches thick. The next layer is muck about 32
...
Donald E. DeMartelaere, United States. Soil Conservation Service, University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1975
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Soil Survey of Indian River County, Florida
Typically, Terra Ceia soils have a surface layer that is black muck about 38
inches thick. Below that is very dark grayish brown muck to a depth of 60 inches
or more. Typically, Gator soils have a surface layer that is very dark brown muck
about ...
Carol A. Wettstein, Chris V. Noble, James D. Slabaugh, 1986
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Soil Survey of Oakland County, Michigan
The surface layer is black muck about 8 inches thick. The underlying layers to a
depth of 60 inches are black muck. Of minor extent in this map unit are the loamy,
very poorly drained Gilford soils; the somewhat poorly drained Wasepi and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUCK ABOUT»
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muck about is used in the context of the following news items.
Do Stocks Have the Fuel for a Real Takeoff?
Every time, the higher ground has proven uneven, and the index has tumble downward, leaving traders to muck about in a range between ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
Time for honest talk and messy solutions in the oil sands
We are going to all have to let go of our black and white 'truths' and be willing to muck about in 'grey' together. I believe Canadians are up for ... «National Observer, Jul 15»
Group plans ambitious study of estuary
... Friends' donations of between $12,000 and $20,000 a year to help teachers set up educational programs to get kids to muck about in the bay ... «Wicked Local Cape Cod, Jul 15»
Alexandra Burke: 'Labels make money but artists don't see a penny'
I don't muck about, babe. • Chesney Hawkes: 'No.1 single? I was left with arrears and a £20,000 overdraft'. • Rebecca (Shanghai: 600439. «Yahoo Finance UK, Jul 15»
Georgy Jamieson :The One With the Little Victories
The pressure will be off and we can just muck about and play, before the leap into Year 1 in September and all the challenges that's going to ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
Halifax Cricket League: Queensbury vs Blackley
From watching the Halifax Cricket League, the teams roll up their sleeves, don't muck about and the cricket is hard-fought. But at the same time, ... «Cricket Yorkshire, Jul 15»
Panasonic Lumix GX8 review: Viewfinder victory for 20MP compact …
... from which still images can be extracted using touch-based in-camera software (or in post if you want to muck about with Photoshop). «Pocket-lint.com, Jul 15»
Latitude 2015: “Anything's possible” during Young Fathers' Latitude set
We're not gonna muck about. And people see that in the performance, because we care. That comes across. And whether you like the music or ... «DIY Magazine, Jul 15»
Ten beers to drink before you die(t)
10%, £3.79, 33cl, beermerchants.com. Careful now, this 'quadrupel' beer doesn't muck about. Made by a modern, maverick micro in Belgium, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
'Mrs. Howland' cared much for the children in her life
“Aunt Betsey always had high standards for how things should be done, and just because the boys had to muck about in the barn didn't mean ... «Press & Sun-Bulletin, Jul 15»
