| VERB | communication | chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions |
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| communication | chat up | talk / talk to someone with the aim of persuading him |
| Meaning | talk / talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot chat up Sue | |
| Example | "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries" | |
| Synonyms | flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash | |
| Narrower | vamp | Act seductively with (someone) |
| wanton | Engage in amorous play | |
| Broader | talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
| Spanish | coquetear, flirtear | |
| Catalan | coquetejar, flirtar, flirtejar | |
| Meaning | talk / talk to someone with the aim of persuading him. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | persuade | Cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action |
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