to goad someone to do something
at provokere nogen til at gøre noget
They goaded him on to break the window.
De opfordrede ham til at slå vinduet i stykker.
she was goaded beyond control.
Hun blev drevet ud over kontrol.
for him the visit was a goad to renewed effort.
For ham var besøget en opfordring til fornyet indsats.
The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd.
Bokserne blev opfordret af den skrigende mængde.
he goaded her on to more daring revelations.
han opfordrede hende til mere dristige afsløringer.
They goaded him into entering the pitch dark basement by saying he was a coward.
De provokerede ham til at gå ind i den dybt mørke kælder ved at sige, at han var en kujon.
The play is bound to fail; the plot excites little interest or curiosity. Tostimulate is to excite to activity or to renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading:
Stykket vil helt sikkert mislykkes; plottet vækker kun ringe interesse eller nysgerrighed. At stimulere er at vække til aktivitet eller til fornyet handlekraft, som om det var ved at piske eller provokere:
" YOU-KNOW-WHO, then! " Harry shouted, goaded past endurance.
" YOU-KNOW-WHO, så! " Harry råbte, drevet til vanvid.
Kilde: Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsAre you trying to goad me, Lachlan?
Forsøger du at provokere mig, Lachlan?
Kilde: Lost Girl Season 2The warm taste of it in his mouth goaded him to greater fierceness.
Den varme smag i hans mund fik ham til at blive endnu mere voldsom.
Kilde: The Call of the WildI goaded you guys into a fight to prove a point.
Jeg fik jer til at slås for at bevise et point.
Kilde: Modern Family - Season 04You can goad me all you like, Lynette. I did not come here to fight.
Du kan provokere mig så meget du vil, Lynette. Jeg er ikke kommet her for at slås.
Kilde: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3And maybe it goads you on to do better. But it is very painful I know.
Og måske motiverer det dig til at gøre det bedre. Men det er meget smertefuldt, det ved jeg.
Kilde: Listen to a little bit of fresh news every day.But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.
Men alle disse ting skete for hendes nådesløse sinds kulde og desperationens piske.
Kilde: Gone with the WindOh, that fear of his self-abandonment—far worse than my abandonment—how it goaded me!
Åh, den frygt for hans selvforsømmelse – langt værre end min – hvor meget den drev mig!
Kilde: Jane Eyre (Original Version)And she knew she was being goaded into this anger deliberately.
Og hun vidste, at hun blev provokeret til denne vrede med vilje.
Kilde: "Dune" audiobookThey did a goad job but they hurt him too much.
De gjorde et godt stykke arbejde, men de gjorde for meget ondt.
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