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Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Dutch term or phrase: bewerken | Inpraten op; to talk persuasively/manipulatively. The context is a bar encounter, the female narrator describing a man's somewhat blatant/desperate bid for kinship with her.
"Toen ik niet wilde dansen, begon mijn jongeman mij weer te bewerken:
'Laten we weggaan hier.'"
Ideas? Right now, I have ". . .resumed his little speech again"—but I'm not thrilled with that. |
| Emma RaultKudoZ activityQuestions: 140 ( 6 open) ( 5 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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| | English translation:(put) pressure (on) | Explanation:
Hij is dus druk aan 't uitoefenen.
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 F Scott Ophof
Belize
Local time: 22:35
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36 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 (put) pressure (on)
Explanation:
Hij is dus druk aan 't uitoefenen.
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Example sentence(s):- ...my young man began to put pressure on me again
- ...my young man began pressuring me again
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| F Scott Ophof
Belize
Local time: 22:35
Native speaker of:  Dutch, English
PRO pts in category: 8
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The translation workplace 
