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你难道不想夸夸我的新帽子吗? Aren't you going to admire my new hat?
她把旅行的事大大地渲染（夸张）了一番. She gave a highly coloured (ie exaggerated) account of her travels.
他喜欢自夸。 He's given to boasting.
那没有什么值得夸耀的。 That nothing to boast of.
在无人岛上夸耀富有也是白费力气。 It is of no use boasting of being rich on a desert island.
他又来这一套了, 夸夸其谈, 像往常一样谈来谈去都是废话. There he goes, blah blah blah, talking nonsense as usual.
这剧的滑稽场面太夸张了. The comic scenes in the play were overdone.
【谚】与其夸夸其谈，不如埋头苦干。 It is better to do well than to say well.
人人都爱听夸奖自己容貌的话. One likes to hear complimentson one's appearance.
你前後矛盾, 开头责备我, 接著又夸奖我. You're not very consistent: first you condemn me, then you praise me.
他可不轻易夸奖人, 所以他要是说｀好＇, 他一定认为真好. He isn't one to ladle out praise, so when he says Good', he means it.