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Oh, hello, Fei.
Fei.
I didn't know you shopped at this supermarket too.
Hi, Finn.
Usually I don't, but it's close to the office and I have to rush home to welcome an important guest.
Hmm.
Who is it?
Someone I know?
No, it's my landlady.
She's coming to collect some of her post.
And, well, I want to make her like me because next month the contract on my flat is due to be renewed and she might want to increase the rent.
Yeah, I see what you mean.
So you'd better butter her up, then.
Butter?
Oh, yes, but I'm a pretty bad cook.
If I bake a cake, it would probably be horrible.
No, I don't mean butter for a cake.
In English, when you say you'll butter someone up, you mean you'll be especially nice to them in the hope that they'll do something good for you in return.
Oh, I see.