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French: comme bon vous semble

English translation: as you see fit



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French term or phrase:comme bon vous semble
English translation:as you see fit
Entered by:Vanessa Lindsey
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Philosophy
French term or phrase: comme bon vous semble
Philosophical speech on war/arms.

Is there a standard way of expressing this, e.g. 'as you like', or 'as much as you want to'?

Context:
"vivez comme bon vous semble dans les limites de la loi, sinon c’est la mort".
Vanessa Lindsey
United Kingdom
as you see fit
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Philip Taylor
Ireland
Note from asker to answerer
Great, thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6as you see fit
Philip Taylor
4 +4as you wish
MurielP
5 +1as you wishnewcomer
5live your life any way you wantMichele Fauble
4how you wantxxxCMJ_Trans
4Do as you think bestChannel
3as much as you want too
Lucie Fourneyron
3as seems good to you
Michael Powers (PhD)


  


Answers

2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
as you see fit

Explanation:
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Philip Taylor
Ireland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Note from asker to answerer
Great, thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Ségolène Neilson
1 min

agree writeaway
2 mins

agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz
35 mins

agree Shaila Kamath
1 hr

agree 1045
2 hrs

agree Maya Kruger
6 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as seems good to you

Explanation:
I believe it would be expressed like this.

Mike :)

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-10-06 10:06:40 GMT)
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Live as seems tood to you within the limits of the law, ...

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral writeaway: too literal-not very idiomatic English (what time is it in Florida anyway? ;-) ).
6 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
as you wish

Explanation:
another option

MurielP
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
  -> t

agree Ségolène Neilson
2 mins
  -> Thanks

agree writeaway
2 mins
  -> Thanks

agree Julie Roy
8 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
as much as you want too

Explanation:
me semble bien ici

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-10-06 10:07:09 GMT)
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to and not too

Lucie Fourneyron
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Do as you think best

Explanation:
From Harrap's Shorter dictionary

Channel
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how you want

Explanation:
especially in your context

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
as you wish

Explanation:
comme bon vous semble means as you wish , as you want,

newcomer
South Africa
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Demosthene: surely the best way to say it (the most common)
5 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
live your life any way you want

Explanation:
"Just remember, it is your right to live your life any way you want
to, as long as you are not harming anyone else by doing so. ..."
www.planetout.com/romance/qanda.html?sernum=862

"... family. This is your life, not theirs. You can live your life any way you want to. If you love this baby, then consider parenting her. ..."
forums.adoption.com/t160979.html

"... Liberty means having the freedom to think and advocate anything you desire and to live your life any way you want, so long as doing so does not encroach on ..."
www.townhall.com/columnists/jackkemp/jk20040419.shtml

"... thejenigma's comments: MMORPG. Become any profession. Live your life any way you want."
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2M3JLHFFR5NTB




Michele Fauble
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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