spoonfeed

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Verb	1.	spoonfeed - feed with a spoon feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
	2.	spoonfeed - teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students" instruct, teach, learn - impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"

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imboccare scodellare la pappa

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