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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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spoilt for choice — Presented with so many attractive options that picking one is difficult • • • Main Entry: ↑spoil * * * spoilt for choice british phrase not sure what to choose because there are so many good things that you can choose from If you’re looking for a … Useful english dictionary
spoilt for choice — When you have too many possibilities, and all of them good, you are spoilt for choice … The small dictionary of idiomes
spoilt for choice — British not sure what to choose because there are so many good things that you can choose from If you re looking for a restaurant, you ll be spoilt for choice in this town … English dictionary
spoilt for choice — adjective Having such a selection of good choices, that deciding which one to pick is difficult … Wiktionary
be spoilt for choice — ► be spoilt for choice Brit. have so many options that it is difficult to make a choice. Main Entry: ↑spoil … English terms dictionary
(be) spoilt for choice — be spoilt for ˈchoice idiom (BrE) to have such a lot of things to choose from that it is very difficult to make a decision Main entry: ↑spoiltidiom … Useful english dictionary
be spoilt for choice — Brit. have so many options that it is difficult to make a choice. → spoil … English new terms dictionary
be spoilt for choice — mainly British, mainly American to have so many good possible choices that it is difficult to make a decision. With 51 flavours of ice cream to choose from you are spoiled for choice … New idioms dictionary
choice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of choosing ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, good, informed, right, wise ▪ a careful choice of words ▪ bad … Collocations dictionary
choice — choice1 W1S1 [tʃɔıs] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: chois, from choisir to choose ] 1.) [U and C] if you have a choice, you can choose between several things →↑choose choice between ▪ Voters have a choice between three main political… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spoilt — I UK [spɔɪlt] / US adjective 1) a child who is spoilt behaves badly if they do not get what they want, because people have always given them everything they want 2) spoilt food has started to decay • spoilt for choice II UK / US a past tense and… … English dictionary