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1 льстить
несов. - льстить, сов. - польсти́ть; (дт.)1) ( корыстно хвалить) flatter (d), adulate (d)2) ( быть приятным) flatter (d); please (d)э́то приглаше́ние ей польсти́ло — she was flattered at the invitation
3) ( создавать хорошее впечатление о ком-л) flatter (d)да́нная фотогра́фия вам не льстит — this picture doesn't flatter you
••льстить себя́ (тв.) — flatter oneself (with)
льстить себя́ наде́ждой — flatter oneself with hope
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2 льстить себя надеждой
1) General subject: flatter oneself that, flatter oneself with the hope2) Makarov: flatter oneselfУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > льстить себя надеждой
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3 льстить себя надеждой
уст.console oneself with the hope; flatter oneself with the hopeПочему он до сих пор ещё колебался, тешил себя надеждой, а может быть, Даша и вправду, по утверждению Германа Петровича, где-то отсиживается в сухом укрытии? (С. Сартаков, Свинцовый монумент) — Why had he wavered so long, consoling himself with the hope that Dasha might indeed, as Herman Petrovich thought, be whilling away the time in a dry shelter somewhere?
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > льстить себя надеждой
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4 льстить
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5 льстить
несовер. - льстить; совер. - польститьбез доп.1) (кому-л.) flatter, gratify2) (кому-л./чему-л.; быть приятным) please3) (кого-л.; только несовер.) -
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7 ласкать
(вн.)caress (d.), fondle (d.), pet (d.); (перен.) caress (d.) -
8 обольщаться
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несов. - обольща́ться, сов. - обольсти́ться1) (тв.; питать иллюзии) flatter oneself (with); ( обманываться) be / labour under the delusion (of)обольща́ться наде́ждами — cherish vain hopes
не обольща́йся наде́ждами — don't be too hopeful
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(кого-л./что-л.)несовер. - ласкать; совер. - поласкатьcaress, fondle, pet, cherish -
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1) General subject: apple polish, apple-polish (к учителю), brown-nose, cringe, curry favour, fawn, flatter, get in (к кому-л.), honey, insinuate, make up (к кому-л.), play the spaniel, slaver, smalm, smarm, sneak, soft soap, soft-soap, sweet talk, sweet-talk, curry flavour with (к кому-л.), cozy up to, ingratiate oneself with4) Literal: play up to (к кому-л.)5) Rare: toadeat6) Australian slang: be up one another, make up to, suck up to7) Jargon: drip, suck up, suck up to ( someone), sweeten up, toady, suck up (к-at), dick riding, chum (например, к учителю), fish, heel8) American English: butter up, dance on ( one's) hind legs like a sycophantic lap dog, fall over oneself singing praises, fawn over, kiss ass, kiss butt, lick ass, lick butt, try to get in good with, try to suck up to9) Invective: eat shit10) Makarov: creep, to cozy up (to) (к кому-л.), fawn on, fawn upon, cotton up (к кому-л.), curry favour with (к кому-л.) -
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несовер. - подольщаться; совер. - подольститься (к кому-л.); разг.
worm oneself into smb.'s favour, worm oneself into smb.'s good graces, ingratiate oneself (with)* * ** * *cajoleflatterwheedle -
13 рассыпаться бисером
разг., ирон.fuss in the effort to please smb.; lay oneself out to please smb.; flatter smb.; fawn upon smb.; kowtow to smb.; suck up to smb.; ingratiate oneself with smb.; dance attendance on (upon) smb.Сергей Ильич мелким бисером рассыпался перед ним, низко кланяясь и улыбаясь. (К. Седых, Даурия) — Sergei Ilyich fussed in the effort to please him, smiling and bowing low.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рассыпаться бисером
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14 рассыпаться мелким бесом
< перед кем>разг., ирон.fuss in the effort to please smb.; lay oneself out to please smb.; flatter smb.; fawn on (upon) smb.; kowtow to smb.; suck up to smb.; ingratiate oneself with smb.; dance attendance on (upon) smb.Гусар Пыхтин гостил у нас; / Уж как он Танею прельщался, / Как мелким бесом рассыпался! / Я думала: пойдёт авось; / Куда! и снова дело врозь. (А. Пушкин, Евгений Онегин) — We had a visit / From the hussar, Pykhtin, who used / As many wiles as I could mention / To win her - showed her such attention! / She must accept at last, I thought. / But no! the whole thing came to naught.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > рассыпаться мелким бесом
См. также в других словарях:
flatter — flatter1 [flat′ər] vt. [ME flateren < OFr flater, to smooth, caress with flat hand < Frank * flat, akin to OHG flaz, FLAT1] 1. to praise too much, untruly, or insincerely, as in order to win favor 2. to try to please, or ingratiate oneself… … English World dictionary
flatter — I. /ˈflætə / (say flatuh) verb (t) 1. to seek to please by complimentary speech or attentions; compliment or praise, especially insincerely. 2. to represent too favourably, as in portrayal. 3. to show to advantage. 4. to play upon the vanity or… …
flatter — flatter1 flatterable, adj. flatterer, n. flatteringly, adv. /flat euhr/, v.t. 1. to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention. 2. to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively: She flatters him by constantly praising… … Universalium
flatter — v.tr. 1 compliment unduly; overpraise, esp. for gain or advantage. 2 (usu. refl.; usu. foll. by that + clause) please, congratulate, or delude (oneself etc.) (I flatter myself that I can sing). 3 a (of a colour, a style, etc.) make (a person)… … Useful english dictionary
flatter — I flat•ter [[t]ˈflæt ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention 2) to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively 3) to represent favorably, esp. too favorably: The portrait flatters her[/ex] 4) to… … From formal English to slang
ingratiate oneself — he has ingratiated himself with President Jiang by running ideological education campaigns Syn: curry favor with, cultivate, win over, get in good with; toady to, grovel to, fawn over, kowtow to, play up to, pander to, flatter, court, wheedle,… … Thesaurus of popular words
ingratiate oneself — CURRY FAVOUR WITH, cultivate, win over, get in someone s good books; toady to, crawl to, grovel to, fawn over, kowtow to, play up to, pander to, flatter, court; informal suck up to, rub up the right way, lick someone s boots. → ingratiate … Useful english dictionary
compliment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. praise, flatter, commend, congratulate. See approbation, congratulation, courtesy. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. praise, commendation, felicitation, tribute, encomium, approval, endorsement, sanction,… … English dictionary for students
butter someone up — (informal) FLATTER, court, wheedle, persuade, blarney, coax, get round, prevail on; be obsequious towards, be sycophantic towards, toady to, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, rub up the right way, curry favour with;… … Useful english dictionary
vanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive pride Nouns 1. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; immodesty, self esteem, self love, self praise; complacency, smugness, amour propre, hubris; ego trip. See boasting, selfishness. 2. [false] pride … English dictionary for students
boast — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brag, bragging, vaunt, source of pride, gasconade, pretension, self satisfaction, avowal, bravado, bluster. v. 1. [To brag] Syn. gloat, triumph, brag, swagger, exult, crow, show off, vaunt, swell, strut, bluff, flaunt,… … English dictionary for students
