Never afraid to talk up his own accomplishments, a boastful Carême made a fortune as wealthy families with social ambitions invited him to their kitchens.

卡雷姆从不怕吹嘘自己的成就，有社会抱负的富裕家庭邀请他下厨，自负的卡雷姆因此赚了一大笔钱。

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There's some hubris in this kind of talk--but Ghosn is entitled to be boastful.

FORBES: Gambatte!

His spin doctors will suggest that Miss Lewinsky's talk of a presidential affair was a young woman's boastful fantasy.

ECONOMIST: Affairs of state