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1 spoil
1 (of war, victory) butin m (of de) ; to get a share of the spoils Mil avoir sa part de butin ; fig avoir sa part de gâteau ○ ;1 ( mar) gâcher [event, evening, view, game] (by doing en faisant) ; gâter [place, taste, effect] ; it will spoil your appetite ça va te couper l'appétit ; to spoil sth for sb gâcher qch à qn ; it'll spoil the film for us ça nous gâchera tout le plaisir du film ; they spoil it ou things for other people ils gâchent le plaisir des autres ; to spoil sb's enjoyment of sth empêcher qn de profiter de qch ; why did you go and spoil everything? pourquoi as-tu tout gâché? ; to spoil sb's fun ( thwart) contrarier qn ;2 ( ruin) abîmer [garment, toy, crop, food] (by doing en faisant) ; to spoil one's chances of doing gâcher ses chances de faire (by doing en faisant) ; to spoil sb's plans gâcher les projets or les plans de qn ;3 (pamper, indulge) gâter [person, pet] (by doing en faisant) ; to spoil sb rotten ○ pourrir qn ; to spoil sb with gâter qn en lui offrant [gift, trip] ; we've been spoiled living so close to the sea nous avons été privilégiés de vivre si près de la mer ;4 Pol rendre [qch] nul/nulle [vote, ballot paper].D vi (pp spoiled ou spoilt GB) [product, foodstuff] s'abîmer ; [meat] se gâter ; your dinner will spoil! ça ne va plus être bon!E v refl (pp spoiled ou spoilt GB) to spoil oneself se faire un petit plaisir ; let's spoil ourselves and eat out! faisons-nous plaisir en allant au restaurant!to be spoiling for a fight chercher la bagarre ○. -
2 excavate
['ekskəveit]1) (to dig up (a piece of ground etc) or to dig out (a hole) by doing this.) creuser2) (in archaeology, to uncover or open up (a structure etc remaining from earlier times) by digging: The archaeologist excavated an ancient fortress.) faire des fouilles (dans)•- excavator
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Excavation — Ex ca*va tion, n. [L. excavatio: cf. F. excavation.] 1. The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass. [1913 Webster] 2. A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping. A winding… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
excavation — 1610s, action of excavating, from L. excavationem (nom. excavatio) a hollowing out, noun of action from pp. stem of excavare (see EXCAVATE (Cf. excavate)) … Etymology dictionary
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excavation — UK [ˌekskəˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms excavation : singular excavation plural excavations a) [countable/uncountable] the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past archaeological excavations b) [uncountable] formal the… … English dictionary
excavation — excavate ► VERB 1) make (a hole or channel) by digging. 2) extract (material) from the ground by digging. 3) carefully remove earth from (an area) in order to find buried remains. DERIVATIVES excavation noun excavator noun. ORIGIN Latin excavare… … English terms dictionary
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excavation — noun 1. the act of digging (Freq. 2) there s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton • Syn: ↑digging, ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
excavation — ex|ca|va|tion [ ,ekskə veıʃn ] noun count or uncount the process of digging in the ground to find things from the past: archaeological excavations a. uncount TECHNICAL the process of digging a large hole in the ground … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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