заговаривать зубы
phrase
Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[za-ga-VA-ree-vat' ZU-by]
Translation / meaning:
to distract somebody purposely by talking, to fool somebody with fine words, to fool somwbody with smooth talk
More explanations and examples here: Вешать лапшу на уши
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