lap / knee

almost noon / a little before noon

afternoon refreshments / afternoon tea

become worn out / wear out / grow old

look mature / seem precocious / look like a grown-up

curry favor with / fawn upon / flatter

flatter / court *someone's favor / adulate / butter *someone up

flirt with (a man) / make eyes (at a man) / play the coquette

cringe to / <c:vul.> brown-nose *someone / curry favor with / <c:sl.> kiss up to *someone / fawn upon / be obsequious to / flatter / <c:vul.> kiss [somebody's] ass

old cotton