あまえる
to depend on, to take advantage of
You take the sweet thing that was offered and then a little more, because they let you. Mary あま again, the one who throws nothing away, and you knew it: あまえる.
There is no English word for it. Leaning on somebody's affection in a way that is expected, and often welcome rather than rude.
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