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Meanings of kowtow in inglês
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Examples for "fawn"
Examples for "fawn"
1
Yes, it is true that the jaguar and the fawn hide here.
2
He looked down at the fawn in a helpless sort of way.
3
Its materials were of a fawn-coloured stone, common in the Mowbray quarries.
4
Our young braves run to battle with the swiftness of the fawn.
5
She put her hand in his and jumped lightly as a fawn.
1
The countess here does toady you, and so do the young ladies.
2
Shit you might have been, evil-toady Goliathlackey shit you most definitely weren't.
3
I think he is a toady; a kind of German Boswell.
4
Dear Madam, this is to cancel my subscription because of that Brit-loving toady.
5
Guards in scarlet flanked the shadow; a Chagrian toady cringed nearby.
1
Off with your cap, Snob; down on your knees, Snob, and truckle.
2
Two truckle beds, a table, and two chairs formed the sole furniture.
3
Quest was on his hands and knees, fumbling under his truckle bed.
4
At last the man came, shuffling, grumbling, and cursing, from his truckle-bed.
5
I'm not going to truckle to rascals because I'm afraid of them.
1
Turned down for that fellow Prescott--thatshifty dodger and cheap bootlick!
2
And you've got to play politics, bootlick your boss-allthat.
3
Bah, as if I could ever get over my dislike for a bootlick like Prescott!
4
Bone bootlick on-tocultivate the favor of.
5
Occasionally a cadet who wants cadet honors resorts to "boning bootlick" with the tactical officers stationed at the academy.
1
I'm not including this just to suck up to you, Tom, honest.
2
But there's no one of any importance left to suck up to!
3
Next time you suck up your loss like a big girl, eh?
4
The anteater can suck up water and be used as a watering can.
5
Jetpack Joyrideis an addictive, clever game that will suck up your free time.
A former Chinese custom of touching the ground with the forehead as a sign of respect or submission.
Usage of kowtow in inglês
1
I didn't know-She has an overwhelming urge to kowtow before him.
2
Since when is it my job to kowtow to heathen vegetarians, anyway?
3
But it never is, because people like Steve cannot kowtow to anyone.
4
You've gotten tired of reading that you kowtow to your banking clients.
5
But more importantly, it's not just a statement or kowtow to government regulations.
6
He was not a man to kowtow to such ambiguities without argument, however.
7
This was a fellow who was used to having tenants kowtow and cringe.
8
Then she would press her hands together, kowtow, and pour out fervent prayers.
9
Audiences kowtow accordingly, on platforms whose templates further funnel their responses.
10
She told me: Whenever I give you small things you need not kowtow.
11
Having forced her to kowtow, Long Sin turned to the assembled devil dancers.
12
We dive down alleys so that we may not kowtow.
13
In New York the '400' all kowtow to Von Taer.
14
If he has a family, they'll kowtow to him.
15
No matter how servile he may be at home, everyone will kowtow to him abroad.
16
I mean, if she's a big star, won't the studio kind of kowtow to her?
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