coax
/kəʊks/
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American sound/kəʊks/
coax
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US voice -> coax
Myanmar meaning
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~ sb (into/out of (doing) sth)
ချော့သည်။ နှူးသည်။
He coaxed her into letting him take her to the theatre. ❍ She coaxed him out of his bad temper. ❍ coax a child to take its medicine ❍ (fig ) coax a fire with paraffin.
ရေနံဆီနှင့် မီးတောက်အောင်လုပ်သည်။
❏ coaxing n [U] အပျော့ဆွဲဆွဲခြင်း။ ချော့ခြင်း။
It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed. ❍ With a little coaxing I got the engine started. coaxingly adv : speak coaxingly.
❏ coax sth out of/from sb [PHRV ]
ချော့၍၊ နှူး၍ ရ အောင်ယူသည်။ အပျော့ဆွဲနှင့် ရအောင်လုပ်သည်။
I had to coax the information out of him. ❍ She coaxed a smile from the baby.
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wheedle, persuade, sweet-talk, cajole, win over, charm, entice, twist somebody's arm, allure, argue into, arm-twist, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up, come on, con, decoy, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, soothe, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, work on, worm
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