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Verb Memnun Olmak Hoşnut Etmek  /Pliːz   Sb A2 

Level A2 
Kind verb
Front please 
IPA  /pliːz   / verb
Back memnun olmak, hoşnut olmak; memnun etmek, hoşnut etmek
Back 2

please (verb)

 /pliːz   / verb
 
 1 [intransitive, transitive]
to make sb happy
memnun olmak, hoşnut olmak; memnun etmek, hoşnut etmek
 The shop assistant was a bit too eager to please.
 There's just no pleasing some people.
SYNONYM SATISFY
 2 [intransitive] [not used as the main verb in a sentence; used after words like as, what, whatever, anything, etc.]
to want; to choose
canı istemek
 You can't always do as you please.
 She has so much money she can buy anything she pleases.
IDIOM
please yourself
(informal)
used to tell sb that you are annoyed with them and do not care what they do
canının istediğini yapmak
 ‘I don't think I'll bother finishing this.’ ‘Please yourself!’
 

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