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wheedle

['(h)wiːdl]

гл.

  1. подольщаться; пресмыкаться; обхаживать

    1. обычно wheedle out of выманивать (что-л.) лестью

    2. обычно wheedle into прельщать, втягивать лестью

Examples from texts

I could never wheedle donations out of him, and I am the world record holder for wheedling.”
Мне ни разу не удалось выманить у него пожертвование, а я – уж вы мне поверьте! – самый большой в мире спец по выманиванию пожертвований.
Robb, J.D. / Creation In DeathРобертс, Нора / Образ смерти
Образ смерти
Робертс, Нора
© 2007 by Nora Roberts
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© Перевод. Н. Миронова, 2009
Creation In Death
Robb, J.D.
© 2007 by Nora Roberts
'All the brandy you can drink, my lord,' said a wheedling voice.
— Зато вы сможете пить столько бренди, сколько захотите, — пообещал чей-то заискивающий голос.
Pratchett, Terry / Feet of ClayПратчетт,Терри / Ноги из глины
Ноги из глины
Пратчетт,Терри
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2006
© Перевод М. Губайдуллин, А. Жикаренцев, 2006
© 1996 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
Feet of Clay
Pratchett, Terry
© 1996 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
I have known some who wouldn't have had to be wheedled so long.
Других, кого я знала, легче было расшевелить!
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре
Проступок аббата Муре
Золя, Эмиль
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
" He wheedled her again. "
— Он снова заговорил вкрадчивым тоном.
Greene, Henry Graham / Brighton RockГрин, Генри Грэм / Брайтонский леденец
Брайтонский леденец
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Greene Graham, 1938, 1940, 1945
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Brighton Rock
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1938 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1966, 1970
Mammy’s tone became wheedling.
Теперь Мамушка заговорила вкрадчиво:
Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Унесенные ветром. Том 1
Митчелл, Маргарет
© Перевод. Т. А. Озерская, 1982
Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret
© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc.
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell
© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Georgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh
'Yeah, you remember us, don't you?' said Nobby, in a wheedling voice.
— Да ты ведь должен нас помнить, — слегка заискивающе произнес Шнобби.
Pratchett, Terry / Feet of ClayПратчетт,Терри / Ноги из глины
Ноги из глины
Пратчетт,Терри
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2006
© Перевод М. Губайдуллин, А. Жикаренцев, 2006
© 1996 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
Feet of Clay
Pratchett, Terry
© 1996 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
'You're not out of place, Robby?' said Mrs Brown, in a wheedling tone.
— Так ты не остался без службы, Роби? — вкрадчиво осведомилась миссис Браун.
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International
My Lady Theo, and her husband too, I own, catching the infection from her, never would let Harry rest, until we had coaxed, wheedled, and ordered him to ask Hetty in marriage.
Милая Тео, а за нею, должен признаться, и ее супруг, заразившийся ее фантазиями, не оставляли Гарри в покое: они уговаривали его, улещали и даже требовали от него, наконец, чтобы он предложил Этти руку и сердце.
Thackeray, William Makepeace / The VirginiansТеккерей, Уильям Мейкпис / Виргинцы. Том 2
Виргинцы. Том 2
Теккерей, Уильям Мейкпис
© Издательство "Правда", 1961
The Virginians
Thackeray, William Makepeace
If I let you alone for half a day, won't you come sighing and wheedling to me again?
Если я вас оставлю одну на полдня, вы не придете ко мне опять, вздыхая и подольщаясь?
Bronte, Emily / Wuthering HeightsБронт Эмили / Грозовой перевал
Грозовой перевал
Бронт Эмили
© Издательство "Правда", 1988
Wuthering Heights
Bronte, Emily
©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.
"But if you ...I could .." stammered Lebedeff, "if...if you please, prince, tell you something on the subject which would interest you, I am sure." He spoke in wheedling tones, and wriggled as he walked along."
- А я бы вам... я бы вам... если бы захотели, я бы вам кое-что весьма интересное, высокочтимый князь, мог бы сообщить, к тому же предмету относящееся, - пробормотал Лебедев, на радости увиваясь сбоку около князя.
Достоевский, Фёдор / ИдиотDostoevsky, Fyodor / Idiot
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971

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wheedle1/3
'(h)wiːdlVerbподольщаться; пресмыкаться; обхаживать

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  1. 1.

    обхаживать

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Collocations

wheedle smb
подлизываться
wheedle out of smb
раскручивать
wheedle smb
раскручивать

Word forms

wheedle

verb
Basic forms
Pastwheedled
Imperativewheedle
Present Participle (Participle I)wheedling
Past Participle (Participle II)wheedled
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I wheedlewe wheedle
you wheedleyou wheedle
he/she/it wheedlesthey wheedle
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am wheedlingwe are wheedling
you are wheedlingyou are wheedling
he/she/it is wheedlingthey are wheedling
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have wheedledwe have wheedled
you have wheedledyou have wheedled
he/she/it has wheedledthey have wheedled
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been wheedlingwe have been wheedling
you have been wheedlingyou have been wheedling
he/she/it has been wheedlingthey have been wheedling
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I wheedledwe wheedled
you wheedledyou wheedled
he/she/it wheedledthey wheedled
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was wheedlingwe were wheedling
you were wheedlingyou were wheedling
he/she/it was wheedlingthey were wheedling
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had wheedledwe had wheedled
you had wheedledyou had wheedled
he/she/it had wheedledthey had wheedled
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been wheedlingwe had been wheedling
you had been wheedlingyou had been wheedling
he/she/it had been wheedlingthey had been wheedling
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will wheedlewe shall/will wheedle
you will wheedleyou will wheedle
he/she/it will wheedlethey will wheedle
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be wheedlingwe shall/will be wheedling
you will be wheedlingyou will be wheedling
he/she/it will be wheedlingthey will be wheedling
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have wheedledwe shall/will have wheedled
you will have wheedledyou will have wheedled
he/she/it will have wheedledthey will have wheedled
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been wheedlingwe shall/will have been wheedling
you will have been wheedlingyou will have been wheedling
he/she/it will have been wheedlingthey will have been wheedling
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would wheedlewe should/would wheedle
you would wheedleyou would wheedle
he/she/it would wheedlethey would wheedle
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be wheedlingwe should/would be wheedling
you would be wheedlingyou would be wheedling
he/she/it would be wheedlingthey would be wheedling
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have wheedledwe should/would have wheedled
you would have wheedledyou would have wheedled
he/she/it would have wheedledthey would have wheedled
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been wheedlingwe should/would have been wheedling
you would have been wheedlingyou would have been wheedling
he/she/it would have been wheedlingthey would have been wheedling
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am wheedledwe are wheedled
you are wheedledyou are wheedled
he/she/it is wheedledthey are wheedled
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being wheedledwe are being wheedled
you are being wheedledyou are being wheedled
he/she/it is being wheedledthey are being wheedled
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been wheedledwe have been wheedled
you have been wheedledyou have been wheedled
he/she/it has been wheedledthey have been wheedled
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was wheedledwe were wheedled
you were wheedledyou were wheedled
he/she/it was wheedledthey were wheedled
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being wheedledwe were being wheedled
you were being wheedledyou were being wheedled
he/she/it was being wheedledthey were being wheedled
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been wheedledwe had been wheedled
you had been wheedledyou had been wheedled
he/she/it had been wheedledthey had been wheedled
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be wheedledwe shall/will be wheedled
you will be wheedledyou will be wheedled
he/she/it will be wheedledthey will be wheedled
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been wheedledwe shall/will have been wheedled
you will have been wheedledyou will have been wheedled
he/she/it will have been wheedledthey will have been wheedled