夸许

tā shuō le hěn duō hǎo huà kuā xǔ wǒ zuò de hǎo dàn yī tīng dào wǒ yāo qiú jiā xīn jiù zhǐ shì zhī zhī wú wú

他说了很多好话，夸许我做得好，但一听到我要求加薪，就只是支支吾吾。

Well I got a lot of nice words about how well I've been doing, but when I asked for a raise, he just hemmed and hawed.