Trouvez des professeurs en Anglais
Bonny Carter
what's the different about "boil" and "spoil", how to use them to express the staute accurately?
5 mai 2011 15:02
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To boil = to cook something in boiling water, or, intransitively, for a liquid to reach the point where it starts to evaporate.
I boiled the potatoes [in hot water].
The water is boiling.
To spoil = transitively, to ruin something. Intransitively, to go off, to decay.
He spoiled the party.
The cheese is spoiling.
Pronunciation-wise, there is no difference in the pronunciation of 'oil'.
5 mai 2011
1
'to spoil' has another different meaning.
'to spoil a child' for example is to weaken its character by complying unrestrainedly with its desires .
5 mai 2011
Yeah...So different, I supposed to learn how to use dictionary before ask! Sorry
6 mai 2011
These two words are so different, I am amazed you even ask. Perhaps you might want to learn how to use a dictionary.
5 mai 2011
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Bonny Carter
Compétences linguistiques
Chinois (mandarin), Anglais
Langue étudiée
Anglais
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