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"ref": "1894, Horatio Alger, chapter 19, in Only An Irish Boy",
"text": "He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.",
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"ref": "1898, Gilbert Parker, chapter 37, in The Battle Of The Strong",
"text": "[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.",
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"ref": "1917, Upton Sinclair, chapter 8, in King Coal",
"text": "Schulman, general manager of the \"G. F. C.,\" had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.",
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"ref": "2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, “NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty”, in Time",
"text": "For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.",
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"ref": "2012 July 13, Alex Williams, “Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?”, in New York Times",
"text": "But the wife was visibly unimpressed by Ms. Baskin’s half-furnished home (they had just moved in) and thrown-together spaghetti dinner. “It was basically clear that his wife had been cajoled into attending,” said Ms. Baskin, 33. “She settled on to our rickety Ikea kitchen chairs like she was lowering herself into a coal mine.”",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "勸誘"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "levesz a lábáról"
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"word": "hízeleg"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "bladair"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "persuadere"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "lactō"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "sublectō"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "whakapati"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "persuadir"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "adular"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "bajular"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"word": "зада́бривать"
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"word": "задо́брить"
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"word": "увещева́ть"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "nagovoriti"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "privoljeti"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "engatusar"
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"ref": "1894, Horatio Alger, chapter 19, in Only An Irish Boy",
"text": "He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.",
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"ref": "1898, Gilbert Parker, chapter 37, in The Battle Of The Strong",
"text": "[W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.",
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"ref": "1917, Upton Sinclair, chapter 8, in King Coal",
"text": "Schulman, general manager of the \"G. F. C.,\" had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, “NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty”, in Time",
"text": "For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole, convince and placate Republicans.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2012 July 13, Alex Williams, “Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?”, in New York Times",
"text": "But the wife was visibly unimpressed by Ms. Baskin’s half-furnished home (they had just moved in) and thrown-together spaghetti dinner. “It was basically clear that his wife had been cajoled into attending,” said Ms. Baskin, 33. “She settled on to our rickety Ikea kitchen chairs like she was lowering herself into a coal mine.”",
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"word": "勸誘"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "dazu bringen"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "umgarnen"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"word": "betteln"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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{
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "adular"
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"word": "зада́бривать"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "privoljeti"
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"word": "engatusar"
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"word": "lisonjear"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "camelar"
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"sense": "to encourage or persuade by effort",
"word": "empaquetar"
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"word": "cocsio"
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