ingratiated
ingratiate oneself
- Examples
He thought he could get her to like him if he ingratiated himself with her mother. | Él pensaba que podría llegar a gustarle a ella si se congraciaba con su madre. |
But Esther ingratiated herself with some of the jury. | Pero, Esther consiguió el favor de algunos de los miembros del jurado. |
Of course, this only further ingratiated Agrippa with the new Caesar, and he was rewarded with additional domains. | Por supuesto, esto hizo que Agripa se congraciara aún más con el nuevo César, y le recompensó con más dominios. |
Where Pironi truly had the edge was his smarts; he was a calculating character, and ingratiated himself with senior Ferrari staff. | Donde Pironi realmente iba al límite era en su inteligencia; era un personaje calculador y se enfadaba con los altos cargos de Ferrari. |
Because of his trustworthiness, honesty, and friendly demeanour, he quickly ingratiated himself to the people of Canterbury, just as he had in Dover. | Debido a su honradez, honestidad y actitud amable, rápidamente ganó el apoyo del pueblo de Canterbury, como lo había hecho en Dover. |
Certainly, with these measures, the leadership of the police force has ingratiated itself with the President, but they are paying a high price: to sacrifice the solidarity and support it owes to their subordinates. | Ciertamente, con estas medidas los directivos del cuerpo policial se han congraciado con el Presidente, pero pagando un alto precio: sacrificar la solidaridad y el respaldo que le deben a sus subordinados. |
And they ingratiated themselves to the transnational telephone companies by reversing the tax on incoming international calls passed during the administration of President Antonio Saca, which added $80 million a year in tax revenue. | Revirtieron el impuesto a las llamadas desde el exterior aprobada durante la administración de Antonio Saca, cobros que sumaban una recaudación de 80 millones de dólares anuales, quedando bien con las empresas telefónicas transnacionales. |
Those who pretend to work with him and who acquired his papers and who ingratiated themselves to others pretending to be a friend of John Mack will have to face the truth one day, John has plans. | Aquellos quienes fingían trabajar con él y que tomaron sus papeles y que se congraciaron con otros fingiendo ser un amigo de John Mack tendrán que encarar la verdad un día, John tiene sus planes. |
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