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Spoil past tense and past participle spoiled also spoilt British English

1 Damage [transitive] to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc [= ruin]:

The whole park is spoiled by litter.

We didn't let the incident spoil our day.

Teem with somebody/something 

Phrasal verb

1 to be very full of people or animals, all moving about:

The island was teeming with tourists.

Rim [countable]

1 the outside edge of something circular

Rim of

The rim of a glass

Plates with a gold band around the rim

Be‧neath formal

1 in or to a lower position than something, or directly under something [= underneath]:

The dolphins disappeared beneath the waves.

Trench [countable]

1 a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground:

Workers dug a trench for gas lines.

2 technical, a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea.

/pəˈnɪnsələ / ||/pəˈnɪnsjʊlə/ peninsula

/əˈbʌndəns/ abundance

/daɪˈvɜːsəti/ diversity

/ˈneɪtʃə(r)/ nature

/ˈəʊʃən/ocean

/'ɜ:ɵkweɪk/ earthquake

/vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ/ volcano

/ˈɡaɪzər / ||/ˈɡiːzə(r)/ geyser

/ˈnuːmərəs / || /ˈnjuːmərəs/ numerous

/ˈtʌndrə/ tundra

/ˈsiːnəri/ scenery

/ˈsæmən/ salmon

My car is twice as old as yours.

The longer you sleep, the more tired you feel.

The Dead Sea is twice as salad as the Mediterranean.

In Northern Europe the climate is getting colder and colder.

Hen eggs are nearly three times as big as quail eggs.

The shorter way is not the easier one.

My grandmother is nearly three times as old as her cat.

If you do exercise you will feel better and better.

The exam was twice as difficult as last year’s.

The more money I earn, the happier I am.

My niece is three times as young as me.

As I study English it becomes more and more complex / complicated.

My house is nearly twice as big as yours.

This year at the language school is twice as difficult as the previous one.

The faster you run, the sooner you arrive.

Let’s call your friend. The more, the merrier.

It has far more inhabitants than…

C. isn’t nearly as populated as…

Cliffs

Dancing is almost as much fun as singing in a karaoke.