يبهّر الكلام
English translation: spice up
| 19:30 Mar 11, 2023 |
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|  Selected response from: hamdy megahed Egypt Local time: 00:19 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | spice up |
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| 4 | Embellished /ornamented his words |
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| 4 | political correctness / politically correct / sugarcoating |
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50 mins confidence: 
Embellished /ornamented his words Explanation: Embellish: make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue. "followers often embellish stories about their heroes" |
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29 mins confidence:
political correctness / politically correct / sugarcoating Explanation: It has a negative meaning. I have been thinking of other alternatives such as: articulate (speaker or speech) or eloquent but they have positive meaning. The context which you have provided is clearly negative. agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people. https://www.google.com/search?q=politically correct meaning&... OR to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sugarcoa... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-03-11 20:47:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I've come across spice something up You can also 'spice up' things like speeches, performances and events: by adding parts which make them more interesting and exciting https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2023-03-11 20:49:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ويبهر الكلام الذي يقول and he spices his speech up يبهر من البهارات |
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12 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1spice up Explanation: The phrasal verb "spice up" gives the exact meaning, “to add excitement or interest to a speech, story, or performance”. Example sentence(s):
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/spice_2#:~:text=past%20participle-,spiced%20up,something%20more%20interesting%20or%20 https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/spice-up |
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