Usage examples of "prier de bien vouloir" in French with translation to English

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En raison d'un grand nombre d'appels, nous vous prions de bien vouloir patienter. Thank you for being patient as we respond to the high volume of calls.
Elle était très timide à propos de son problème urgent, et elle demanda au gynécologue de bien vouloir l'examiner. She was very shy about her emergency problem, and asked the gynecologist to please examine her.
Merci de bien vouloir valider ce ticket. Please validate this ticket.
Nos deux héros ayant déserté cette phrase, leurs aventures semblaient bien vouloir se terminer précisément à ce mot-ci. Our two heroes having deserted this sentence, their adventures seemed to be willing to end precisely with this word.
Il vint nous prier de l'aider. He came to ask us to help him.
Père est quelqu'un de bien. Father is a good person.
Qu'est-ce que ça peut bien vouloir dire ? What does that even mean?
Je lui dis constamment de bien se comporter. I'm constantly telling her to behave herself.
Marie demanda à son fils de bien se comporter. Mary asked her son to behave himself.
Se faire du souci ne fait jamais de bien. Worrying never does you any good.
Fumer te fait davantage de mal que de bien. Smoking does you more harm than good.
La pluie a causé de gros dégâts à la récolte, plutôt qu'elle lui a fait quoi que ce soit de bien. Rather than doing any good, the rain did a great deal of harm to the crop.
Je suis quelqu'un de bien. I'm a nice guy.
Mais je suis capable de bien cuisiner. But I am able to cook well.
J’ai souvent remarqué que les jeunes filles ne savent pas s’intéresser aux œuvres sérieuses, écrites cependant pour leur bien. Cela me confond, je l’avoue, car rien ne peut leur faire plus de bien qu’une lecture instructive. I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction.
Elle se vante de bien cuisiner. She brags about how well she can cook.
L'habitude de bien manger est essentiel. Good eating habits are essential.
C'est quelqu'un de bien. He's a good person.
Je pense que ce médicament vous fera beaucoup de bien. I think this medicine will do you a lot of good.
Tout le monde s'accorde à dire que c'est quelqu'un de bien. He's a nice guy - that's unanimous.
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