Question

on week - ends my neighbors rolls - royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight.... and on mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing - brushes and hammers and garden - shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. - f. scott fitzgerald the great gatsby even if you dont recognize certain words, you can figure out their meanings from the context. what does the word underlined in the text mean? bus complete what were the servants expected to do every monday? drive people to and from the city clean up the mess left over from the weekend repair the homes of all the guests done

Explanation:

The text mentions that on Mondays, eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops, scrubbing - brushes, hammers and garden - shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. This implies they were cleaning up the mess left over from the weekend.

Answer:

clean up the mess left over from the weekend