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Toady
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puxa-saco, bajulador
a person who behaves obsequiously to gain advantage from someone powerful
Exemplos
The minister was followed by a crowd of toadies who praised his every decision.
O ministro foi seguido por uma multidão de bajuladores que elogiavam cada uma de suas decisões.
He was nothing more than a toady, always fetching coffee and laughing at the boss's unfunny jokes.
Ele não era nada mais do que um puxa-saco, sempre pegando café e rindo das piadas sem graça do chefe.
to toady
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bajular, puxar o saco
to act in an obsequious way toward someone important in order to gain advantage
Exemplos
He would toady to the department head by always agreeing with him in meetings.
Ele bajularia o chefe do departamento estando sempre de acordo com ele nas reuniões.
She refused to toady to the celebrity, treating him with normal courtesy instead of fawning admiration.
Ela se recusou a bajular a celebridade, tratando-o com cortesia normal em vez de admiração servil.
Árvore Lexical
toadyish
toady
