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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

A spot of kidnapping...

Robin Hood and his gang plan to kidnap the new tax collector
but their plan goes awry and instead they see the collector's son.
Tuck: How about a spot of kidnapping? Spontaneous kidnapping?
Brighten up the day.
Robin: Get him on the horse.
  

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"spot of" means a period of time doing some activity. It doesn't specifically mean that the activity is spontaneous, though it does tend to sound as if it's done informally or for recreation: "We went down to the river for a spot of fishing". It's normally too light-hearted a phrase to be applied to something like kidnapping, but here it's obviously used for effect.

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  • "spot of" means a period of time doing some activity.
  • It doesn't specifically mean that the activity is spontaneous, though it does tend to sound as if it's done informally or for recreation: "We went down to the river for a spot of fishing".
  • It's normally too light-hearted a phrase to be applied to something like kidnapping, but here it's obviously used for effect.
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"spot of" means a period of time doing some activity. It doesn't specifically mean that the activity is spontaneous, though it does tend to sound as if it's done informally or for recreation: "We went down to the river for a spot of fishing". It's normally too light-hearted a phrase to be applied to something like kidnapping, but here it's obviously used for effect.

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