Afurnished flat at $8 per week. it did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word
on the lookout for the mendicancy squad. in the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.
what is the meaning of the word coax as it is used in the passage?
force
repair
expect
persuade