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"Smooth-talking" nghĩa là gì?
22 Jun, 2016
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'Smooth-talking' có từ smooth là êm ả, nhẹ nhàng, êm dịu, ngọt ngào; vì thế từ này nghĩa là khéo mồm, ăn nói ngọt xớt, ăn nói ngọt như mía lùi (using charming or flattering language, especially to persuade someone to do something; smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued).
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Most of us grow up dreaming about traveling. We dream of exotic cities, foreign cuisines and smooth-tongued natives to show us the ropes.
Like many itinerant vendors (người bán dạo) in rural places, he was a smooth-talking purveyor (người cung cấp hàng hóa) of dreams along with tawdry (lòe loẹt, phô trương, hào nhoáng) trinkets (đồ nữ trang rẻ tiền), and Eliza responded to this romantic wanderer (người lang thang, nay đây mai đó, langdu).
A smooth-talking Durban sangoma (thầy lang) has been accused of being so convincing that he managed to persuade a man to quit his job and hand over his entire life savings (tiền tiết kiệm cả đời) – only to have it vanish (biến mất).
Behind the persona of a smooth-talking petty criminal was a sadistic (thích thú những trò tàn ác, ác dâm) bully who craved the violence that led to the murder of his own daughter. Yesterday he was sentenced to life in jail.
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