Kaj tu pomeni flatter?

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Rebecca
Flatterpomeni, da drugi osebi rečemo nekaj laskavega ali prijetnega. Ne vemo natančno, kaj se je zgodilo pred tem prizorom, zato je težko ugotoviti, ali govori o praznih besedah ali če daje pravi kompliment. Primer: She flattered me with compliments. But I knew it was just to try and get the dirt I had on her. (laskala mi je, vendar vem, da se je želela znebiti svojega slabega ugleda) => dirttukaj pomeni škodljive informacije ali govorice. Primer: His speech was flattering. I appreciated what he said about me and hadn't heard him say those things before. (Zaradi njegovega govora sem se počutila kot skomigajoča, cenila sem, da mi je povedal o meni in to je bilo prvič, da sem ga slišala to povedati.)