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spoilpast tense, past participles - spoiled, spoilt; verb1) (to damage or ruin; to make bad or useless: If you touch that drawing you'll spoil it.) ødelegge, spolere2) (to give (a child etc) too much of what he wants and possibly make his character, behaviour etc worse by doing so: They spoil that child dreadfully and she's becoming unbearable!) skjemme bort, forkjæle•- spoils- spoilt
- spoilsportbytte--------rovIsubst. \/spɔɪl\/1) ( ofte i flertall) rov, bytte2) ( ved graving eller gruvedrift) overskuddsmasse3) (i flertall, spesielt amer. politikk) partibelønninger (i form av embeter e.l.)spoils of war krigsbyttethe spoils system (amer.) forklaring: system der visse offentlige embeter blir delt ut av det seirende partiet ved et valgII1) ødelegge, spolere2) skjemme bort3) ( slang) slå fordervet4) ( gammeldags) plyndre, rane5) (amer., slang) ta livet av, drepe6) ( om matvarer) bli skjemt, forderves7) ( om stemmeseddel) gjøre ugyldig ved feil avmerkingbe spoiling for være ute etterspoilt of choice ha mye å velge mellom
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