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1 приукрашивать
1) General subject: adorn, aggrandize, broider, embellish (выдумкой рассказ и т. п.), embroider (рассказ), farce (пикантными подробностями), flatter, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, gloss, paint in bright colours, prettify, saccharinize, smarten, sugar, sugar coat, sugar cover, to broider (on, one's) stories, varnish, paint in bright colors, stick it on, whitewash, gloss over, give positive coloring, dress-up, exaggerate2) Colloquial: paint, (часто smarten up) smarten, airbrush3) American: slick4) Diplomatic term: cosmetisize5) Jargon: put balls on ( something), sugar-coat sugarcoat6) Makarov: sugar-coat, do grace to, embroider on stories, embroider stories7) Idiomatic expression: turn geese into swans -
2 лакировать действительность
1) General subject: sugar-cover the real facts, gloss over the truth2) Makarov: sugar-coat the real factsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > лакировать действительность
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3 подсластить горькую пилюлю
1) General subject: sugar-cover a bitter truth2) Makarov: sugar-coat a bitter truthУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подсластить горькую пилюлю
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4 приукрасить
1) General subject: embellish, embroider, flatter, glamorise, glamorize, glamourize, paint, paint in bright colours, saccharinize, smarten, sugar cover, brighten up (brighten up a room with flowers - украсить комнату цветами; she brightened up scarcely she heard the word "money" - едва услышав слово "деньги" она оживилась), put a good spin on, sex up, sugarcoat, exaggerate3) Literal: dress it up4) Architecture: revamp
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