noun
1 persuading
ADJECTIVE
▪ gentle
▪ a little
▪
I think with a little ~ we can get her to come here.
VERB + PERSUASION
▪ use
▪
I had to use a little gentle ~ to get her to agree.
▪ need , take
▪
She didn't need much ~.
▪ be open to
▪
She is uncertain of what she wants and is open to ~.
PHRASES
▪ the art of ~
▪
She is very charming, and skilled in the art of ~.
▪ a means of ~
▪
He will use every means of ~ to make her stay.
▪ sb's powers of ~
▪
I used all of my powers of ~ to get Jay to come back.
2 set of beliefs
ADJECTIVE
▪ political , religious
▪ sexual
▪
discrimination on the grounds of a person's sexual ~
PHRASES
▪ of all, different, varying, etc. ~s
▪
The meeting is open to people of all political ~s.
▪ of … persuasion
▪
He was basically of liberal ~.
▪ of every ~
▪
young people of every ~