Wednesday, October 3, 2012

beguile

(v.): charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

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  1. The lady was furious because she was beguiled of her money.

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    1. You wouldn't say "beguiled of." Instead, you would say something like, "beguiled into giving up."

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  2. The beguiling Chinese man sold the white man some nice shoes.

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  3. The new product beguiled Jimmy into buying a whole ton of them.

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  4. He beguiled all her properties into his bank account.

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    1. You would say, "He beguiled her into depositing."

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  5. The woman was beguiled by an eloquent salesman into buying a plain teapot.

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  6. I was extremely unsatisfied about me getting beguiled into buying the spoiled tacos.

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  7. In movies, pretty girls always beguile the nerdy boys into doing their homework.

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  8. synonym- deceive (both mean enchant someone in a deceptive way)

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  9. The woman was beguiled by his promise of a quick profit.

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  10. The man was beguiled by the attractive woman's body and thus lost all his money.

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  11. The sells lady beguiled him to buy 3 of the new iPod

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  12. Ms. Lucy beguiled me to do this assignment with her deep complexion.

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    1. I don't see what a deep complexion has to do with it.

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  13. Taylor Swift beguiled me into falling in love with her.

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  14. Peter is so wily that he beguiles his classmates into doing homework for him.

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  15. Willy beguiled me to go to owl city's concert with him.

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  16. Women always feel like they have been beguiled by men when they abandon them.

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    1. The "they" and "them" are unclear. Do the men abandon the women or do the women abandon the men?

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  17. Society has beguiled itself into thinking that they are righteous, when in fact it is them who are the one to blame.

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  18. Steven thinks that he can beguile Taylor Swift into marrying him, but I think that she is smart enough not to be deceived into marriage.

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