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Today, I'm going to talk about the word "flatter".

Flatter is an interesting verb that is used to praise someone in order to please them or to get something from them, even though you don't really mean it.

For example, you flatter someone because you want to borrow some money from them. You flatter your friend by telling her she's the best cook you've ever known because you're hungry and want her to fix something for you.

Now, sometimes, flatter is used as "flatter yourself" which means to believe something good about yourself although it might not be true. So, if someone says to you, "Don't flatter yourself", they mean "Don't think you're better, more attractive or more important than you really are".

I'll continue to talk about the word "flatter" on Thursday to give you some more example sentences. So please come and check.

In the meantime, would you like to practice together? Please repeat after me:

Don't flatter yourself.