| Forme compuse: |
| Engleză | Română |
| coax sb vtr | (persuade, entice) | a convinge, a determina vb.tranz. |
| (literar) | a îndupleca vb.tranz. |
| He's stubborn, but please try to coax him. |
| Este încăpățânat, dar te rog să încerci să îl convingi. |
| coax sb into doing sth v expr | (persuade, entice into doing) | a convinge, a determina vb.tranz. |
| a îndupleca vb.tranz. |
| Jessica tried to coax her daughter into eating the oatmeal. |
| Jessica a încercat să o convingă pe fiica ei să mănânce terci de ovăz. |
| disarm sb vtr | figurative (win over) (figurat) | a dezarma vb.tranz. |
| a îndupleca vb.tranz. |
| Carly's winning smile disarmed her critics. |
| soften vi | figurative (emotionally: become less harsh) | a se înmuia vb.reflex. |
| a se îndupleca vb.reflex. |
| She was angry last night but this morning she's softened. |
soften sb up,
soften up sb vtr phrasal sep | (make more favorable to you) | a înmuia vb.tranz. |
| a îndupleca vb.tranz. |
| The teenager did all the housework in an attempt to soften her parents up so they'd let her go to the party. |
| talk sb into doing sth v expr | (persuade to do sth) | a convinge vb.tranz. |
| a îndupleca vb.tranz. |
| She talked him into going to the cinema that night. |
| L-a convins să meargă la cinema în seara aceea. |
