wheedle

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

Translation

vt. att påverka eller locka med mjuka ord eller smicker; att bedra genom att använda söta ord
vi. att övertyga eller övertala med mjuka ord
Word Forms
Third Person Singularwheedles
Present Participlewheedling
Past Tensewheedled
Past Participlewheedled

Example Sentences

She wheedled him into going.

Hon smickrade honom att gå.

They have wheedled a holiday from the headmaster.

De har smickrat sig fram till en ledighet från rektorn.

The boy wheedled money out of his father.

Pojken smickrade pengar ur sin far.

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

Barnen fick mig att gå med på att låta dem gå till filmen.

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

du kan lista ut hur du kan smickra dig fram till en lekplats.

She wheedled her husband into buying a lottery ticket.

Hon fick sin man att köpa lott med smicker.

a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

en lurendrejare som smickrade mina livbesparingar ur mig.

The child wheedled seven dollars out of his father.

Barnet smickrade sju dollar ur sin far.

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.

Å andra sidan verkade några av dem vara i goda termer med vakterna, kallade dem vid smeknamn och försökte tigga cigaretter genom spionhålet i dörren.

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