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please

/pliz/ adverb A1
  1. Used to make a polite request. · Please, pass the bread.· Would you please sign this form?
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The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 70 · B2
Turning to the Kid, he said, “It is just what I deserve; for I, who am only a butcher, should not have turned piper to please you.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 67 · B2
“Anything to please you,” said the old man; “we can but try.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 50 · B2
If you will please take away the pole I shall be greatly obliged to you.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 17 · B2

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