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1 pester
pester [ˈpestər]• she has been pestering me for an answer elle n'arrête pas de me bassiner (inf) pour que je lui donne une réponse• stop pestering me! laisse-moi tranquille !* * *['pestə(r)]transitive verb1) ( annoy) harcelerstop pestering me! — fiche-moi la paix! (colloq)
2) ( harass sexually) harceler, poursuivre [quelqu'un] de ses assiduités -
2 pester
pester ['pestə(r)]importuner, harceler;∎ to pester sb with questions importuner ou assommer ou harceler qn de (ses) questions;∎ stop pestering your mother! arrête d'embêter ta mère!;∎ they're always pestering me for money ils sont toujours à me réclamer de l'argent;∎ the children pestered me to tell them a story les enfants n'ont eu de cesse que je leur raconte une histoire;∎ he pestered me into buying him a computer il m'a harcelé jusqu'à ce que je lui achète un ordinateur -
3 pester
1 ( annoy) harceler [person, people] (with de ; for pour obtenir) ; [fly] harceler [horse, cow, person] ; to pester sb to be allowed to do harceler qn pour obtenir la permission de faire ; the children pestered us to let them stay up late les enfants nous ont harcelés pour qu'on les laisse veiller ; to be pestered over the telephone se faire harceler au téléphone ; stop pestering me! fiche-moi la paix! ○ ; to pester the life out of sb ○ casser les pieds à qn ○ ;2 ( harass sexually) harceler, poursuivre [qn] de ses assiduités.
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