as you please in English

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          "text": "bold as you please, calm as you please, cool as you please, charming as you please, casually as you please",
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        "intensifier for a preceding adjective."
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        "(UK, informal) intensifier for a preceding adjective."
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        "UK",
        "informal"
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  "word": "as you please"
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"as you please" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase