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please

გამოთქმა: /pliːz/

ზმნისართი

Universal
  • used in polite requests or questions:please address letters to the Editor what type of fish is this, please?
  • used to add urgency and emotion to a request:please, please come home!
  • used to agree politely to a request:‘May I ring you at home?’ ‘Please do.’
  • used in polite or emphatic acceptance of an offer:‘Would you like a drink?’ ‘Yes, please.’
  • used to ask someone to stop doing something of which the speaker disapproves:Rita, please—people are looking
  • used to express incredulity or irritation:Oh please, is that meant to be a serious argument?

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1cause to feel happy and satisfied:he arranged a fishing trip to please his son [with object and infinitive]:it pleased him to be seen with someone in the news
  • [no object] give satisfaction:she was quiet and eager to please
  • satisfy aesthetically: he was wearing a buttonhole that did not quite please the eye
  • 2 (please oneself) take only one’s own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed:this is the first time in ages that I can just please myself
  • [no object] wish or desire to do something:feel free to wander around as you please
  • (it pleases, pleased, etc., someone to do something) dated it is someone’s choice to do something:instead of attending the meeting, it pleased him to go off hunting

as —— as you please

informal used to emphasize the manner in which someone does something, especially when this is seen as surprising:she walked forward as calm as you please

if you please

  • 1used in polite requests:follow me, if you please
  • 2used to express indignation at something perceived as unreasonable:she wants me to make fifty cakes in time for the festival, if you please!

please yourself

used to express indifference, especially when someone does not cooperate or behave as expected:‘I can manage on my own.’ ‘Please yourself.’

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