'Insinuated skillfully'
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Estes e outros muitos quejandos enredos, que Rosa sabia habilmente insinuar nos ouvidos de sua senhora,
These and many other suchlike intrigues, which Rosa knew how to insinuate skillfully into her mistress's ears,
The narrator generalizes Rosa's campaign: not one speech but 'muitos quejandos enredos,' many suchlike intrigues, dripped 'habilmente,' with real skill, 'nos ouvidos de sua senhora.' The verb 'insinuar' — to worm in sideways — captures the method: never a direct charge that could be tested, always a suggestion left to fester. Malice as patient craft.
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