wheedle

[US]/ˈwiːdl/
[UK]/ˈwiːdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. at påvirke eller lokke med bløde ord eller smiger; at narre ved at bruge søde ord
vi. at overtale eller overtale ved hjælp af bløde ord
Word Forms
Third Person Singularwheedles
Present Participlewheedling
Past Tensewheedled
Past Participlewheedled

Example Sentences

She wheedled him into going.

Hun overtalede ham til at tage med.

They have wheedled a holiday from the headmaster.

De har overtalt rektor til at give dem ferie.

The boy wheedled money out of his father.

Drengen overtalede sin far til at give ham penge.

The children wheedled me into letting them go to the film.

Børnene overtalede mig til at lade dem gå til filmen.

you can contrive to wheedled your way on to a playing field.

du kan finde på at overtale dig selv til at komme ind på en legeplads.

She wheedled her husband into buying a lottery ticket.

Hun overtaltede sin mand til at købe en lottokupon.

a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

en svindler, der overtalede mig til at give ham mine opsparinger.

The child wheedled seven dollars out of his father.

Barnet overtalede sin far til at give ham syv dollars.

On the other hand some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spyhole in the door.

På den anden side syntes nogle af dem at være i gode forhold til vagterne, kaldte dem ved kælenavne og forsøgte at tigge cigaretter gennem spionhullet i døren.

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