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tickle the ear

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Source Word

tickle the ear

To flatter someone.

Japanese Meaning

お世辞を言う / おだてる

What is this buttons?

To secure the deal, he tried to tickle the ear of the client with lavish compliments.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

取引をまとめるために、彼は惜しげもなくお世辞を言って顧客をおだてようとした。

Sense（1）

To flatter someone.

tickles the ear

（ present singular third-person ）

tickling the ear

（ participle present ）

tickled the ear

（ participle past ）

tickled the ear

（ past ）

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