Usage examples of "se faire plaisir" in French with translation to English

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Si ça peut vous faire plaisir... Whatever floats your boat.
Se faire du souci ne fait jamais de bien. Worrying never does you any good.
Il fait de l'aérobic uniquement pour faire plaisir à sa petite amie. He plays at aerobics just to please his girlfriend.
Les millionnaires ont davantage de facilité à se faire élire à des fonctions officielles que les gens normaux. Millionaires have an easier time getting elected to public office than the average person.
Le garçon a peut-être dit un mensonge pour faire plaisir à ses parents. The boy may have told a lie to please his parents.
Il manqua de justesse de se faire renverser. He narrowly escaped being run over.
Si ça peut te faire plaisir... Whatever floats your boat.
Ils étaient prêts à courir le risque de se faire tirer dessus par l'ennemi. They were ready to run the risk of being shot by the enemy.
Elle a essayé en vain de lui faire plaisir. She tried in vain to please him.
L'orateur n'a pas pu se faire entendre. The speaker couldn't make himself heard.
Il s'est coupé en quatre pour faire plaisir à sa femme. He bent over backward to please his wife.
Elle voulait se faire faire couper les cheveux, mais sa mère ne lui aurait jamais permis. She wanted to have her hair cut, but her mother wouldn't let her.
Il est difficile de me faire plaisir I'm hard to please me
Tu éviteras à ton père de se faire beaucoup de soucis, simplement en lui écrivant une lettre You will save your father a lot of worry if you simply write him a letter.
Arrivait-elle à se faire comprendre en français à Paris ? Could she make herself understood in French in Paris?
Tom a besoin de se faire couper les cheveux. Tom needs a haircut.
L'orateur ne pouvait se faire entendre. The speaker couldn't make himself heard.
Si j'en parle à ma mère, elle va se faire du souci, donc je ne pense pas que je lui en parlerai. If I tell my mother, she will worry, so I don't think I'll tell her.
Les USA sont l'endroit le plus dangereux du monde pour se faire couper les cheveux. The USA is the most dangerous place in the world to have a haircut.
On peut se faire submerger par la vérité. The truth can be overwhelming.
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