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1 cajole
transitive verbcajole somebody into something/into doing something — jemandem etwas einreden/jemandem einreden, etwas zu tun
* * *[kə'‹əul](to coax (someone into doing something), often by flattery: The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.) beschwatzen* * *ca·jole[kəˈʤeʊl, AM -ˈʤoʊl]I. vt▪ to \cajole sb into doing sth jdn dazu überreden, etw zu tunII. vi [schmeichelnd] betteln* * *[kə'dZəʊl]vtgut zureden (+dat), beschwatzen (inf)to cajole sb into doing sth — jdn dazu bringen or jdn beschwatzen (inf), etw zu tun
he would not be cajoled — er ließ sich nicht beschwatzen (inf)
* * *cajole [kəˈdʒəʊl] v/tinto doing zu tun):cajole sb out of sth jemandem etwas ausreden;cajole sth out of sb jemandem etwas abbetteln* * *transitive verbcajole somebody into something/into doing something — jemandem etwas einreden/jemandem einreden, etwas zu tun
* * *v.schmeicheln v. -
2 cajole
ca·jole [kəʼʤeʊl, Am -ʼʤoʊl] vtto \cajole sb jdn beschwatzen ( fam)to \cajole sb into doing sth jdn dazu überreden, etw zu tun vi [schmeichelnd] betteln -
3 wheedle
transitive verb1) (coax)wheedle somebody into doing something — jemandem so lange gut zureden, bis er etwas tut
2) (get by cajoling) sich (Dat.) verschaffen* * *whee·dle[ˈ(h)wi:dl̩]( pej)I. vt1. (cajole)II. vi schmeicheln* * *['wiːdl]vtto wheedle sb into doing sth — jdn überreden or herumkriegen (inf), etw zu tun
* * *wheedle [ˈwiːdl; ˈhwiːdl]A v/t1. jemanden umschmeichelninto doing etwas zu tun)B v/i schmeicheln* * *transitive verb1) (coax)wheedle somebody into doing something — jemandem so lange gut zureden, bis er etwas tut
2) (get by cajoling) sich (Dat.) verschaffen* * *v.abbetteln v.beschwatzen v. -
4 wheedle
См. также в других словарях:
cajole — ca|jole [kəˈdʒəul US ˈdʒoul] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: cajoler to make noises like a bird in a cage, cajole , from Old North French gaiole birdcage , from Latin cavea; CAGE1] to gradually persuade someone to do something by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cajole — verb (I, T) to gradually persuade someone to do something by being nice, etc: cajole sb into doing sth: Can t you cajole her into coming? … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
