- placating gesture
- СМИ: успокаивающий жест
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
placate — UK [pləˈkeɪt] / US [ˈpleɪkeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms placate : present tense I/you/we/they placate he/she/it placates present participle placating past tense placated past participle placated formal to stop someone feeling angry or… … English dictionary
placate — [[t]pləke͟ɪt, AM ple͟ɪkeɪt[/t]] placates, placating, placated VERB If you placate someone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry. [FORMAL] [V n] He smiled, and made a gesture intended to placate me... [V ing] I didn t mean to… … English dictionary
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