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СМОТРЕТЬ (ГЛЯДЕТЬ) В ГЛАЗА1 кому coll VP subj: human to try to please s.o. , fawn upon s.o. : X смотрит Y-y в глаза = X dances attendance on Y X tries to anticipate Y's every wish X plays up to Y

X falls all over Y. "Я и Иван Матвеич ухаживали за тобой... словно крепостные, служили тебе, на цыпочках ходили, в глаза смотрели...» (Гончаров 1). "Ivan Matveyevich and I took care of you, we waited on you as if we were your serfs, walked on tiptoe, tried to anticipate your every wish..." (1b).