to persuade someone to do something by being persistent
убеждать кого-то делать что-то, настойчиво требуя этого (ubezhdat' kogo-to delat' chto-to, nastoychivo trebuyu etogo)
"I had to twist someone's ear to get him to help me move."
"Мне пришлось крутить кому-то ухо, чтобы он помог мне переехать." (mne prishlos' **twist someone's ear**, chtoby on pomog mne pereyekhat')
to keep working or performing despite pain or hardship
to cover up a problem without truly fixing it
to think creatively or unconventionally
to pay for something, especially something expensive
to tell many people about something
to reverse a negative situation and make it positive
