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La historia dice claramente que siempre hubo gente astuta y lisonjera cerca de los tiranos. | History clearly says that there were always crafty and flattering people near tyrants. |
Es una pequeña lisonjera. | She's a little sycophant. |
Seguir a otro, por grande que sea, o adherirse a una ideología lisonjera, no ha de contribuir a la paz mundial. | To follow another, however great, or to give one's adherence to a gratifying ideology, will not bring about a peaceful world. |
La sonrisa que habla de Su alegría, la sonrisa que es sarcástica, a veces crítica, a veces alentadora, a veces lisonjera, a veces consoladora. Sus sonrisas son únicas. | The smile that speaks of His joy, the smile that is sarcastic, sometimes critical, sometimes encouraging, sometimes cajoling, sometimes consoling. |
La paradoja de un discurso es, en efecto, una amplificación sorprendente de los datos (hasta el límite de la inverosimilitud), que llega a poner en evidencia errores operativos o lógicos, comúnmente cubiertos bajo una presentación cultural lisonjera. | The paradox of an argument is in fact a surprising amplification of the facts (to the limit of improbability), which is able to highlight operative or logical distortions that are usually concealed beneath a sophisticated presentation. |
Trabajo mucho mejor escuchando música lisonjera y relajante. | I work a lot better while listening to some pleasant and relaxing music. |
Enumera secamente que de una buena esposa, madre y anfitriona se espera que sea amigable, lisonjera y limpia. | She drily enumerates the expectations of a good wife, mother, and hostess to be friendly, flattering, and clean. |
Los griegos pensaban de los suzetetes con la misma adulación lisonjera con la que hoy muchos admiran a las estrellas de rock. | The Greeks regarded suzetetes with the kind of fawning adulation that many people today regard rock stars. |
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