Dutch | English |
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derven werkwoord | lack [lacked, lacking, lacks](be without, need, require) |
bederven werkwoord | fester [festered, festering, festers](become septic or rotten) go bad(of foods: to spoil or rot) go off(putrefy; become inedible) perish [perished, perishing, perishes](to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing) queer [queered, queering, queers]verb spoil [spoilt, spoilt, spoiling, spoils](to coddle or pamper) vitiate [vitiated, vitiating, vitiates](to spoil) |
de feestvreugde bederven werkwoord | rain on someone's parade(to disappoint or discourage someone) |
veel koks bederven de brij phrase | too many cooks spoil the broth(with too many people a task won't be done very well) |
verderven werkwoord | bane(to be the bane of) corrupt [corrupted, corrupting, corrupts](to change from good to bad) |