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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "lisonjear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "hacer el buz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "hacer la pelota"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "incensar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "smöra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "smickra"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pogaḍu",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "పొగడు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ubbivēyu",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "ఉబ్బివేయు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "ubbiñcu",
"sense": "to flatter",
"word": "ఉబ్బించు"
}
],
"word": "butter up"
}
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