CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POTBOIL
PRESENT
Present
I potboil
you potboil
he/she/it potboils
we potboil
you potboil
they potboil
Present continuous
I am potboiling
you are potboiling
he/she/it is potboiling
we are potboiling
you are potboiling
they are potboiling
Present perfect
I have potboiled
you have potboiled
he/she/it has potboiled
we have potboiled
you have potboiled
they have potboiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been potboiling
you have been potboiling
he/she/it has been potboiling
we have been potboiling
you have been potboiling
they have been potboiling
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 potboiled
you potboiled
he/she/it potboiled
we potboiled
you potboiled
they potboiled
Past continuous
I was potboiling
you were potboiling
he/she/it was potboiling
we were potboiling
you were potboiling
they were potboiling
Past perfect
I had potboiled
you had potboiled
he/she/it had potboiled
we had potboiled
you had potboiled
they had potboiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been potboiling
you had been potboiling
he/she/it had been potboiling
we had been potboiling
you had been potboiling
they had been potboiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will potboil
you will potboil
he/she/it will potboil
we will potboil
you will potboil
they will potboil
Future continuous
I will be potboiling
you will be potboiling
he/she/it will be potboiling
we will be potboiling
you will be potboiling
they will be potboiling
Future perfect
I will have potboiled
you will have potboiled
he/she/it will have potboiled
we will have potboiled
you will have potboiled
they will have potboiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been potboiling
you will have been potboiling
he/she/it will have been potboiling
we will have been potboiling
you will have been potboiling
they will have been potboiling
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would potboil
you would potboil
he/she/it would potboil
we would potboil
you would potboil
they would potboil
Conditional continuous
I would be potboiling
you would be potboiling
he/she/it would be potboiling
we would be potboiling
you would be potboiling
they would be potboiling
Conditional perfect
I would have potboil
you would have potboil
he/she/it would have potboil
we would have potboil
you would have potboil
they would have potboil
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been potboiling
you would have been potboiling
he/she/it would have been potboiling
we would have been potboiling
you would have been potboiling
they would have been potboiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you potboil
we let´s potboil
you potboil
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
potboiled
Present Participle
potboiling
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 «POTBOIL»
Discover the use of
potboil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
potboil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Austin Clarke, 1896-1974: A Critical Introduction
I wanted test of stories Our poets had talked about, pinmeal To potboil long ago.
Cloud-feelers Featherers, touched our restlessness. Lost prosody restrained us.
Summit Showed valleys, reafforesting, The Fianna, leaf-veined, among them.
2
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
... wouldask me, all ofa sudden, and treacherously, when the fire flared up at
suppertime (forwealways kepta little woodjust alight in summertime, and enough
to makethe potboil), then when they wouldsayto me, "John,what areyou thinking
of?
3
Bucking the Sun: A Novel
Cranes swung bindles of steel through the air, legions of workers were erecting
still more of the giant pillar forms. Owen, absolutely unable not to look pleased
with himself, watched Darius watch the potboil of construction below. "What's this
...
4
The Simple Life: C.R. Ashbee in the Cotswolds
she wrote indignantly, 'putting ^10,000 into the Cymric Co., and we struggling to
get our hundreds, and having to potboil with vile brooches etc., to make ends
meet.'21) Ever since the Guild arrived in Campden, the jewellers and silversmiths
...
... to cover these clods as they fall. And, as I keep humming the lyric, I round the
corner following my fat and thin troop into a small tin-roofed house where
Sharon's mother is steaming yams and wiping her brow; and I still hear the boy in
potboil ...
6
Tennyson and His Friends
His Bacon keeps coming out: his part, the Letters, etc., of Bacon, is notcome yet;
so it remainsto be seen whathewill do then,but Ican't help thinking he has let the
Potboil too long. It was 1861, however, before the first volume of the Life and ...
I may dodder and dote; I may potboil and platitudinize; I may become the butt and
chopping-block of all the bright, original spirits of the rising generation; but my
reputation shall not suffer: it is built up fast and solid like Shakespear's, on an ...
Ha! ha! kings are ill to fodder, and when thou'st fattened them, they don't make
the potboil or keep the spurs outof the pewter dish. There are kings enow
besouth the Tweed when Buccleugh is there. Let Jamie keep north and Wat
south, and ...
... and of his family's difficult existence in 1949 when he was breaking through as
a published writer.The Garners existed from hand to mouth, with Hugh struggling
daily to write stories — some quickie potboil- ers to sell to various magazines ...
10
Crosswords for the Connoisseur
... Washouts 33 Coal waste 34 Mexican porridge 35 Lucubrator 36 Davenport 37
Early explorer 38 Open-air garage 39 Russian mountains 40 Obligations 42
Potboil 44 Ark 46 Bridge player 47 Escapade 48 Jeweler's weight 49 Dickens'
Little ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTBOIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
potboil is used in the context of the following news items.
An insider's guide to Flinders Island
DRINK: Potboil Bar/Furneaux Tavern. The front bar of this landmark establishment in the township of Lady Barron may have the best view of ... «The Australian, Jul 14»
