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please [pli:z]1 adverb(a) (requesting or accepting) s'il vous/te plaît;∎ could you pass the salt, please? pouvez-vous me passer le sel, s'il vous plaît?;∎ another cup of tea? - (yes) please! une autre tasse de thé? - oui, s'il vous plaît! ou volontiers!;∎ may I sit beside you? - please do puis-je m'asseoir près de vous? - mais bien sûr;∎ please, make yourselves at home faites comme chez vous, je vous en prie;∎ please carry on continuez, s'il vous plaît ou je vous en prie;∎ please, Miss! s'il vous plaît, Mademoiselle!;∎ please ring (sign) sonnez SVP, veuillez sonner;∎ quiet please (sign) silence∎ please don't hurt him je vous en prie, ne lui faites pas de mal(c) (in indignation, disgust etc)∎ (oh) please! c'est pas vrai!∎ Henry, please, we've got guests! Henry, voyons ou je t'en prie, nous avons des invités!∎ please let them arrive safely! faites qu'ils arrivent sains et saufs!∎ he only did it to please his mother il ne l'a fait que pour faire plaisir à sa mère;∎ he's always trying to please the boss il passe son temps à essayer de faire plaisir au patron;∎ you can't please everybody on ne peut pas faire plaisir à tout le monde;∎ you can't please all of the people all of the time on ne peut pas faire plaisir à tout le monde;∎ to be easy/hard to please être facile/difficile à satisfaire∎ to please oneself faire comme on veut;∎ please yourself! comme tu veux!;∎ I can please myself what I do je fais ce qui me plaît;∎ everything will be all right, please God! tout ira bien, plaise à Dieu!(a) (give pleasure) plaire, faire plaisir;∎ to be eager to please chercher à faire plaisir∎ she does as or what she pleases elle fait ce qu'elle veut ou ce qui lui plaît;∎ I'll talk to whoever I please! je parlerai avec qui je veux!;∎ formal as you please! comme vous voudrez!, comme bon vous semblera!;∎ formal if you please (requesting) s'il vous/te plaît;∎ she told me I was fat, if you please! figure-toi qu'elle m'a dit que j'étais gros!4 noun∎ without so much as a please or thank you sans même dire merci
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