Collocations for please - verb
ADV.
enormously
The result pleased us enormously.
The result pleased us enormously.
VERB + PLEASE
be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
Some children are very difficult to please.
Some children are very difficult to please.
be easy to | be eager to
He''s always very eager to please.
He''s always very eager to please.
try to | fail to
The planning policy failed to please anyone.
The planning policy failed to please anyone.
PHRASES
there''s no pleasing sb
There''s just no pleasing some people. (= Some people are impossible to please.)
There''s just no pleasing some people. (= Some people are impossible to please.)