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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I. contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] VB trans

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 VB refl

se contenter refl:

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
se contenter de demi-mesures
to make do with half-measures
se contenter d'une maigre pitance
to make do with meagre fare
English
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French
French
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
to do things by half-measures
se contenter de demi-mesures
+ subj she is easy/hard to please
elle est facile/difficile à contenter

in the PONS Dictionary

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English
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I. contenter [kɔ̃tɑ̃te] VB trans

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] VB refl

se contenter de qc
to satisfy oneself with sth
English
English
French
French
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
in the PONS Dictionary
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I. contenter [ko͂tɑ͂te] VB trans

contenter personne
to please
contenter besoin
to satisfy

II. contenter [ko͂tɑ͂te] VB refl

se contenter de qc
to satisfy oneself with sth
English
English
French
French
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
Présent
jecontente
tucontentes
il/elle/oncontente
nouscontentons
vouscontentez
ils/ellescontentent
Imparfait
jecontentais
tucontentais
il/elle/oncontentait
nouscontentions
vouscontentiez
ils/ellescontentaient
Passé simple
jecontentai
tucontentas
il/elle/oncontenta
nouscontentâmes
vouscontentâtes
ils/ellescontentèrent
Futur simple
jecontenterai
tucontenteras
il/elle/oncontentera
nouscontenterons
vouscontenterez
ils/ellescontenteront
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