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Line 1: ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio\|en\|En-au-settle for.ogg\|a=AU}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb\|}} ~~'''[[settle]] [[for]]'''~~ # {{~~label~~lb\|en\|idiomatic\|transitive}} To [[accept]] or [[allow]] something, especially something not entirely desirable. #: ''{{ux\|en\|He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to '''settle for''' the lower -quality set.''}} # {{quote-~~news~~journal ~~\|year=2011~~ \|en \|date=June 4, 2011 \|author=Phil McNulty \|title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland Line 16 ⟶ 20: ====Synonyms==== * [[{{l\|en\|make do}} (with]]) ====Translations==== {{trans-top\|Toto accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.}} * Finnish: {{t+\|fi\|tyytyä}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * German: {{t+\|de\|zufriedengeben\|alt=sich mit etwas zufriedengeben}} * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|megelégszik}}, {{t+\|hu\|beér\|alt=beéri}} * Italian: {{t+\|it\|accontentarsi}} * Polish: {{t\|pl\|[[obywać]] [[się]]\|impf}}, {{t\|pl\|[[obyć]] [[się]]\|pf}}, {{t\|pl\|[[ograniczać\|ograniczać się do]]\|impf}}, {{t\|pl\|[[ograniczyć\|ograniczyć się do]]\|pf}}, {{t\|pl\|poprzestawać\|impf}}, {{t\|pl\|poprzestać\|pf}}, {{t+\|pl\|przestawać\|impf}}, {{t\|pl\|[[zadowalać]] [[się]]\|impf}}, {{t\|pl\|[[zadowolić]] [[się]]\|pf}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|conformar}} {{q\|pronominal}} {{trans-bottom}} ~~[[Category:English verbs]]~~ ~~[[Category:English phrasal verbs]]~~ ~~[[Category:English phrasal verbs with particle (for)]]~~ ~~[[pl:settle for]]~~ ~~[[ru:settle for]]~~