Usage examples of "preen" in English with translation to Russian

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Translations: all5 прихорашиваться3 other translations2

Likes to preen, very sure of itself, constant grooming. "любит прихорашиваться, очень самоуверенный, постоянно приводит себя в порядок".

Preening, posing, like a model on the catwalk. Прихорашивается, позирует, как модель на подиуме.

But somehow, all this campaigning and preening and plotting had gotten in the way. Но каким-то образом вся эта предвыборная кампания, и прихорашивание и интриги отвлекли меня.

Each allowed him to preen successfully as a crisis manager. Все позволили ему гордиться собой как руководителем, успешно справившимся с кризисом.

You know, all young ladies preen like peacocks, thinking that the loudest and the brightest will draw the man's eye. Ты знаешь, все молодые девушки одеваются как павлины, думая, что кричащее и блестящее привлечет мужской взгляд.

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