to persuade someone not to do something
誰かに何かをしないように説得する (dareka ni nanika o shinai yō ni settoku suru)
"I tried to talk him out of quitting his job."
"私は彼に仕事を辞めないように説得しようとした。" (Watashi wa kare ni shigoto o yameru koto o **talk him out of** shiyou to shita)
to spend more money than was planned
to continue for too long and become boring or tiring
to simplify a process to make it more efficient
to move backward from something frightening
to start crying softly because of emotion
to resolve small problems or disagreements