flatter

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To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour

• I wanted to flatter her.

  Я хотел ей польстить.

  Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Am I supposed to be flattered?

  Я должен быть польщён?

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them

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To portray someone to advantage

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To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hopeредкое

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To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is falseредкое

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To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.; In phrasal verb "to flatter with": to encourage, inspire with hopeредкое