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 Translation for 'to flatter' from English to Albanian
VERB   to flatter | flattered | flattered
flattering | flatters
SYNO to blandish | to flatter
lajkatojto flatter
i bëj lajka dikujtto flatter sb.
mburremto flatter oneself
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Translation for 'to flatter' from English to Albanian

to flatter
lajkatoj
to flatter sb.
i bëj lajka dikujt

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to flatter oneself
mburrem
Usage Examples English
  • Not only was this done to flatter Duke William but also shows William of Poitiers' own knowledge.
  • In Paris, he presented his wife for the first time in seven years of marriage, creating yet another stir back at court in London, and had three interviews with Napoleon, who – though he tried to flatter his most prominent British sympathiser – had to spend most of the time arguing about the freedom of the press and the perniciousness of a standing army.
  • In 361, a magician that Murong Wei favored, Ding Jin (丁進), tried to flatter Murong Ke by persuading him to kill Murong Ping.
  • For the next several years, people wishing to flatter Sun Hao often offered him miraculous items (real or manufactured) that purportedly suggest that he would eventually destroy the Jin dynasty and unite China.
  • In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in "The Faerie Queene", William Shakespeare flattered King James I in "Macbeth" and Niccolò Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II de' Medici in "The Prince".

  • This may have been the (contributing) reason why bishop Guy composed the "Carmen de Hastingae Proelio" ("Song of the Battle of Hastings"), as an effort to flatter the new Norman king of England, William I, who was then in very high favor with the pope.
  • In one of his letters, Cicero refers to a statue of Minerva as "Appias". In this case, he derived this surname from the name of Appius Claudius Pulcher, whom he intended to flatter.
  • Her strong technique, her perceptive reading of her subjects, and her ability to flatter without falsifying, were traits similar to his.
  • It is sometimes used by shop assistants and waiters to flatter their customers.
  • Montgomerie's prologue alludes to the Magi and Epiphany to flatter James VI as the Northern Star.

  • Many people around Stalin—including Beria, Yezhov, and Mekhlis—felt obliged to flatter Stalin to remain on his good side.
  • The statement may have been made to flatter the fraternity by claiming membership for a previous monarch.
  • By the end of Republic, some historians distorted their histories to flatter their patrons—especially at the time of Marius's and Sulla's clash.
  • However, Drake actually renamed his flagship in mid-voyage in 1577 to flatter his patron Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial bearings included the crest "a hind Or."
  • Accordingly, staples do not have sharper edges exposed and lead to flatter stacking of paper – saving on filing and binder space.

  • She aims to flatter Sir Walter into marriage while her oblivious friend looks on.
  • Yan was executed for "internal defamation" of the emperor, and this caused the officials to be fearful and willing to flatter the emperor.
  • Paul & Sioux City Railway, and the board decided to flatter him by naming a new town after him.
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