contenterais v slovarju Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] GLAG. preh. glag.

contenter clientèle, envie, désir, curiosité:

contenter

to satisfy

il est facile/difficile à contenter

he is easy/hard to please

on ne peut pas contenter tout le monde

you can't please everybody

II.se contenter GLAG. povr. glag.

se contenter povr. glag.:

se contenter de qc/de faire

to content oneself with sth/with doing

il s'est contenté d'une remarque/de faire quelques remarques

he contented himself with one remark/with making a few remarks

je me contente d'un sandwich/de peu

I make do with a sandwich/very little

je me suis contenté de jeter un coup d'œil au/de feuilleter le rapport

I just glanced at/leafed through the report

il s'est contenté de rire/d'envoyer des fleurs

he just laughed/sent flowers, all he did was laugh/send flowers

Individual translation pairs

se contenter de demi-mesures

to make do with half-measures

se contenter d'une maigre pitance

to make do with meagre fare

je me contenterais d'un petit appartement ou même d'une chambre

I would be happy with a small apartment, or even just a room

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Individual translation pairs

settle for

se contenter de

why settle for less?

pourquoi se contenter de moins?

to settle for second best

se contenter d'un pis-aller

to make do with

se contenter de qc

make do

se contenter de

to confine oneself to

se contenter de

to confine oneself to doing

se contenter de faire

to be content to do

se contenter de faire

content

contenter

to be easily contented

se contenter de peu

to content oneself with

se contenter de

to content oneself with doing

se contenter de faire

I refuse to settle for or take second best

je refuse de me contenter de pis-aller

I'll be happy with a pass

je me contenterais de la moyenne

contenterais v slovarju PONS

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I.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] GLAG. preh. glag.

contenter personne

to please

contenter besoin

to satisfy

on ne peut pas toujours contenter tout le monde!

you can't please everybody all the time!

II.contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] GLAG. povr. glag.

se contenter de qc

to satisfy oneself with sth

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Individual translation pairs

to content oneself with sth

se contenter de qc

to be hard to please

être difficile (à contenter)

not to take no for an answer

ne pas se contenter d'un non

contenterais Primeri iz slovarja PONS (uredniško pregledani).

on ne peut pas toujours contenter tout le monde!

you can't please everybody all the time!

se contenter de qc

to satisfy oneself with sth

ne pas se contenter d'un non

not to take no for an answer