"Give yourself airs" nghĩa là gì?

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"Give (oneself) airs" = Tự cho mình khí sắc -> Nghĩ và hành xử theo cách tự cho mình hơn hẳn và quan trọng hơn người khác/kiêu ngạo và tự phụ.

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Though she takes the work seriously, what we love about her is that she doesn't give herself airs and graces, not that many anyway.

“I have answered three questions, and that is enough,” Said his father; “don’t give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I’ll kick you down stairs! ”I would like to see more of this salutary (tốt lành, có lợi) belliger.

That’s why the new president, who is younger and doesn’t share the Castro surname (họ), flaunting (khoe khoang) his wife like a First Lady and tweeting online, is trying to give himself airs of renewal (sự nối lại, tiếp tục lại), modernity and even the possibility of bringing about change (despite him saying his mission is “continuity”).

Bin Kuan

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