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ねだる

ねだる 【しきりと 】press, keep * asking ; 【うるさく 】pester ; 【へりくだって 】beg (-gg- ); 【へつらって 】wheedle .▸ 彼は母親に小遣いをねだった He pressed [pestered, begged ] his mother for pocket money . (!for 句の代わりに to give him pocket money も可 ) ▸ 彼は父にねだって1万円もらった He wheedled his father into giv ing [╳to give ] him 10,000 yen .He wheedled 10,000 yen out of his father .