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blarney
1. разг. сладкие речи, лесть 2. разг. обманывать, уговаривать лестью, льстить
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n. & v. --n. 1 cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. --v. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. flatter (a person) with blarney. 2 intr. talk flatteringly. Etymology: Blarney, an Irish castle near Cork with a stone said to confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those who kiss it Date: 1784 1. skillful flattery ; blandishment 2. nonsense, humbug • ~ verb BLARNEY geographical name town SW Ireland in central County Cork population 1952 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n informal especially BrE pleasant but untrue things that you say to someone in order to trick or persuade them ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1819, from Blarney Stone, in a castle near Cork, Ireland; reached wide currency through Lady Blarny, the smooth-talking flatterer in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield" (1766). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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