cosy / cozy, cozy up, ingratiate, "hygge". Foreign leaders have rushed to ingratiate themselves with Donald Trump in recent days, nervously recalling the insults and feuds of his first presidency.

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Foreign leaders have rushed to ingratiate themselves with Donald Trump in recent days, nervously recalling the insults and feuds of his first presidency.

The Danish quality of "hygge", loosely translated as "cosiness", is being marketed as a way for foreigners to imitate the Danes' balanced, relaxed, and egalitarian lifestyle

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比較《柏林傳》(Isaiah Berlin: A Life) 兩岸翻譯本：牛津學生歲月（一）

Michael Ignatieff 《柏林傳》(Isaiah Berlin: A Life) （羅妍莉譯，南京:譯林，2001/9(月)出版） vs.

Michael Ignatieff《他鄉:以撒•柏林傳》(Isaiah Berlin: A Life) （高毅、高煜譯，台北:立緒，2001/1 出版）
我去年發過一些精神，將兩岸的翻譯本略作比較，發現不少趣事。2004/6/25夜，因為要重讀Berlin的好友Stephen Spender，特別再看一次，這次看牛津生活前一兩頁，再比較一次，妙不可言。好玩的很多，我只說些小玩藝。
（1）最讓我百思不解的是，兩本都將茶翻譯成咖啡，真巧。
But he was never an orderly worker: his work rooms were a cosy chaos cluttered with books and papers, gramophone records, unanswered letters and half-drunk cups of tea.關於half-drunk cups of tea.羅妍莉譯本：喝了一半的咖啡
高毅 高煜譯本：喝剩的咖啡

cosy UK, US cozy Show phonetics
adjective
1 comfortable and pleasant, especially (of a building) because small and warm:
This room is nice and cosy in the winter.
He showed me into a cosy little room.

2 DISAPPROVING describes a situation which is convenient for those involved but not always honest or legal:
He has some cosy arrangement/deal with his supplier, which means he's able to sell his goods more cheaply.

cosy UK, US cozy Show phonetics
noun [C]
a cover that you put on a teapot or a boiled egg to keep it warm:
a tea cosy
an egg cosy

cosily UK, US cozily Show phonetics
adverb
The children are cosily (= warmly and comfortably) tucked up in bed.

cozy up

Try to get on friendly or intimate terms, ingratiate oneself. For example, That new woman is always cozying up to one or another club member so she'll be asked to join. [Mid-1900s]

Meaning #1: ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
Synonyms: cotton up, shine up, play up, sidle up, suck up

ingratiate yourself 
verb [R] DISAPPROVING
to make someone like you by praising or trying to please them:
He's always trying to ingratiate himself with his boss.

ingratiating 
adjective DISAPPROVING
describes behaviour that is intended to make people like you:
an ingratiating smile/manner