"gild the pill" meaning in English

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "kaunistella"
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          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "dorer la pilule"
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          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "megédesíti a pirulát"
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          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "indorare la pillola"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "dourar a pílula"
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          "roman": "podslastítʹ piljúlju",
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          "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
          "word": "dorar la píldora"
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      "word": "kaunistella"
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      "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
      "word": "dorer la pilule"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
      "word": "megédesíti a pirulát"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
      "word": "indorare la pillola"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
      "word": "dourar a pílula"
    },
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      "roman": "podslastítʹ piljúlju",
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      "sense": "to make something unappealing look more attractive — see also sugarcoat",
      "word": "dorar la píldora"
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  "word": "gild the pill"
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