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pester
['pestə]брит. / амер.
гл.
докучать, надоедать, донимать, допекать
заполнять, заполонять, наводнять, наполнять
AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)
pester
надоедать, приставать
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Examples from texts
So you are going to pester me again?
— Опять торопите?
Mann, Thomas / The Magic MountainМанн, Томас / Волшебная гора
Would you believe it, he used to pester us all in those days. 'Where are we going?' he would say. 'What are we thinking about?' That was about it, anyway.
Веришь ли, он тогда пристал ко всем нам, как лист: что, дескать, едим, об чем мыслим? - то есть почти так.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
“But you can't imagine the intrigues that have been got up here. They have even been pestering our poor Praskovya Ivanovna, and what reason can they have for worrying her?
- Но вы не можете вообразить, какие здесь начались интриги! - они измучили даже нашу бедную Прасковью Ивановну - а ее-то уж по какой причине?
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
At first she was only employed by him in connection with his taverns and in some other shady business, but now he has suddenly realised all she is and has gone wild about her. He keeps pestering her with his offers, not honourable ones, of course.
Прежде она ему тут только по делишкам каким-то темным да кабачным на жалованьи прислуживала, а теперь вдруг догадался и разглядел, остервенился, с предложениями лезет, не с честными конечно.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
She shook her head when I asked her what she’d found in Sarah’s desk at the gallery, and then pestered me with questions all the way to Belgravia.
Ронни отрицательно покачала головой на мой вопрос, нашла ли она что-нибудь у Сары в столе, но зато выжала из меня все соки своими вопросами, не прекращавшимися ни на секунду вплоть до самой Белгравии.
Laurie, Hugh / The Gun SellerЛори, Хью / Торговец пушками
John pestered his parents with questions. — Джон докучал своим родителям вопросами.
She's been pestering the life out of me over the telephone. — Она изводит меня своими звонками.
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Collocations
pester power
способность упросить родителей
Word forms
pester
verb
Basic forms
Past
pestered
Imperative
pester
Present Participle (Participle I)
pestering
Past Participle (Participle II)
pestered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I pester
we pester
you pester
you pester
he/she/it pesters
they pester
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am pestering
we are pestering
you are pestering
you are pestering
he/she/it is pestering
they are pestering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pestered
we have pestered
you have pestered
you have pestered
he/she/it has pestered
they have pestered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been pestering
we have been pestering
you have been pestering
you have been pestering
he/she/it has been pestering
they have been pestering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pestered
we pestered
you pestered
you pestered
he/she/it pestered
they pestered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was pestering
we were pestering
you were pestering
you were pestering
he/she/it was pestering
they were pestering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pestered
we had pestered
you had pestered
you had pestered
he/she/it had pestered
they had pestered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been pestering
we had been pestering
you had been pestering
you had been pestering
he/she/it had been pestering
they had been pestering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will pester
we shall/will pester
you will pester
you will pester
he/she/it will pester
they will pester
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be pestering
we shall/will be pestering
you will be pestering
you will be pestering
he/she/it will be pestering
they will be pestering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pestered
we shall/will have pestered
you will have pestered
you will have pestered
he/she/it will have pestered
they will have pestered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been pestering
we shall/will have been pestering
you will have been pestering
you will have been pestering
he/she/it will have been pestering
they will have been pestering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would pester
we should/would pester
you would pester
you would pester
he/she/it would pester
they would pester
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be pestering
we should/would be pestering
you would be pestering
you would be pestering
he/she/it would be pestering
they would be pestering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pestered
we should/would have pestered
you would have pestered
you would have pestered
he/she/it would have pestered
they would have pestered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice