FLATTER

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flatter¹ verb A. tranzitiv

1. a măguli, a linguşi, a flata, a lăuda, a adula, a tămâia.

2. a exagera calităţile (cu dat.).

3. a legăna cu speranţe (mai ales înşelătoare).

4. a fermeca, a desfăta, a încânta (ochiul).

flatter¹ verb B. reflexiv

a-i plăcea să creadă;

I flatter myself that îmi place să cred că.

flatter² verb intranzitiv

a flutura, a fâlfâi.

flatter³ substantiv (tehn.)

1. ciocan plat de îndreptat, ciocan planator.

2. netezitor de farmar.

3. muncitor care aplatizează /care turteşte.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

She could not flatter herself with any idea of blindness in his attachment to her.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Do not flatter yourself, my dearest Mary.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

This has been my motive, my fair cousin, and I flatter myself it will not sink me in your esteem.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

I knew it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Assignments appear to be falling from the sky into your hands, and it will be flattering to be so needed.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

I bowed, feeling as flattered as any young man would at such an address.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He read to her a story, one that he flattered himself was among his very best.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I said to Annie, when Doctor Strong paid a very flattering visit to myself, and made her the subject of a declaration and an offer, I said, My dear, there is no doubt whatever, in my opinion, with reference to a suitable provision for you, that Doctor Strong will do more than he binds himself to do.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

But Elinor had no such dependence; for since Edward would still be unable to marry Miss Morton, and his chusing herself had been spoken of in Mrs. Ferrars's flattering language as only a lesser evil than his chusing Lucy Steele, she feared that Robert's offence would serve no other purpose than to enrich Fanny.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

You flatter me, Baron.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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