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1 flattery
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2 self-flattery
[selfflaetəri]nounsamohvala, samolaskanje -
3 compliment
1. ['kompləmənt] noun(an expression of praise or flattery: He's always paying her compliments.) poklon2. [kompli'ment] verb(to praise or flatter: He complimented her on her cooking.) (po)hvaliti, (po)laskati- with compliments* * *I [kɔmplimənt]nounpoklon, laskanje; (on za) pohvala; plural pozdravi; obsolete dariloto pay ( —ali make) compliments — delati poklone, laskatileft-handed compliment — ironično, sumljivo, neodkrito laskanjeII [kɔmpliment, kɔmplimént]transitive verbhvaliti, laskati; pozdraviti; (on k) čestitati; ( with) obdariti -
4 superior
[su'piəriə] 1. adjective1) ((often with to) higher in rank, better, or greater, than: Is a captain superior to a commander in the navy?; With his superior strength he managed to overwhelm his opponent.) višji, močnejši2) (high, or above the average, in quality: superior workmanship.) boljši3) ((of a person or his attitude) contemptuous or disdainful: a superior smile.) vzvišen2. noun(a person who is better than, or higher in rank than, another or others: The servant was dismissed for being rude to her superiors.) predstojnik* * *I [sjupíəriə]adjective ( superiorly adverb)(o prostoru) gornji; (o položaju) višji; (o kakovosti) boljši; (o številu) večji; močnejši (in v), prekašajoč; ki je nad čem, superioren, vzvišen, izreden; commerce izvrsten, odličen; (o vinu) žlahten; (često derogatory) imeniten, izobražen; ohol, domišljav, nadut, arogantenwith a superior air — domišljavo, naduto, zviškasuperior to bribery — vzvišen nad, nedovzeten za podkupovanjesuperior court American najvišje sodišče v državi (v ZDA)superior forces military premočsuperior knowledge — izredno, zelo visoko znanjesuperior letter — črka, ki stoji nad vrsticosuperior limit — zgornja meja, skrajni rok, najvišja vsotasuperior person — od drugih bolj izobražena oseba; domišljava oseba, nadutež; (ironično) fina osebato rise superior to s.th. — pokazati se vzvišenega nad čem, ne si pustiti vplivati od česaII [sjupíəriə]nounpredstojnik, starešina, šef; kdor je boljši (in v); history fevdni gospodMother Superior, Lady Superior ecclesiastic prednica samostana -
5 coax
[kəuks](to persuade by flattery, by patient and gentle treatment etc: He coaxed her into going to the dance by saying she was the best dancer he knew; He coaxed some money out of his mother.) premamiti* * *I [kouks]intransitive verb & transitive verblaskati; dobrikati se; (pri)mamiti, prilizovati seto coax s.o. into doing s.th. — z dobrikanjem koga pripraviti, da kaj narediII [kouks]nounlaskanje, prilizovanje; see coaxer
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