"hacer entender" in English

I can't get through to him, it's like banging your head against a brick wall

Unfortunately, we have been unable to get all our positions across.

I think that this cannot be hammered home enough to both parties.

How can I as a Dutchman make myself understood in Greece when I dial an emergency number?

We should also give those in power in Khartoum to understand that they should not rely overly on forces outside Africa.

As the European Union we must make businesses understand why they should choose the European system over the international system.

Although the Council is opposed to European sanctions, the least it can do, in my view, is to accept this compromise position.

I can make myself understood

I am convinced that clearer and more readable information given to consumers will make it possible for consumers to make the best choices.

In Europe, at the European Parliament, all the governments of the world must be made to understand that arms must not be exported from anywhere.’

I must tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that this is much worse than Guantanamo and we have to make the US authorities clearly understand this.

This action programme must make the authorities, industry and the general public realise how certain pollutants can affect human health.

The Commission is using all possible channels to make the US authorities understand that they have chosen the wrong way to secure the supply chain.

I believe that it was made very clear and that all of the Members in attendance understood, but we all know that it is very difficult to get people who do not want to understand to understand.

By means of forceful pressure from its largest trade partner, the EU, Libya really should be made to pay attention to what respect for human rights and freedoms means and what these entail.