gild
US /ɡɪld/
・UK /gɪld/
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v.t.Transitive VerbTo give an attractive but deceptive appearance to
Do not gild the bad news, just tell it to me
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What makes you happy? 6 Minute English
- Instead, you gild them with kintsugi.
Instead, you gild them with kintsugi.
- Instead you gild them with kintsugi.
Instead you gild them with kintsugi.
Part 5 - Jane Eyre Audiobook by Charlotte Bronte (Chs 21-24)
- you might as well put a border of gold lace round that plain pocket-hankerty if you have there." "I might as well gild refined gold;
you might as well put a border of gold lace round that plain pocket-hankerty if you have there." "I might as well gild refined gold;
- "I might as well 'gild refined gold.' I know it: your request is granted then--
"I might as well 'gild refined gold.' I know it: your request is granted then--
Book 10 - The Hunchback of Notre Dame Audiobook by Victor Hugo (Chs 1-7)
- "Ho! ho! by our Lady, I am not Philippe Brille, and I shall not gild the great
"Ho! ho! by our Lady, I am not Philippe Brille, and I shall not gild the great