Southgate's team, playing their first game since the 4-0 win in Kosovo in November, showed understandable rustiness

Nouns can be singular or plural, and one of two genders, animate or inanimate.

Well, all right then! If you think I'm a buttinsky, then I'll just butt in! […]

Reason thus, and if your heart beats till it hurts your ribs as a gray squirrel whisks across the dry leaves or a ‘grinny chipmunk’ waves you a derisive signal with his little flag from a log before your very nose, call yourself ‘fool,’ ‘idiot,’ anything that comes handy.]