āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to entertain
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to entertain
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to amuse someone so that they have an enjoyable time
Transitive: to entertain sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The comedian entertained the audience with jokes and witty anecdotes.
āĻāĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻž
to give thought to something as a possibility
Transitive: to entertain a possibility
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She entertained several job offers before deciding on the best one.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He entertained doubts about the project, but kept them to himself.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻĒā§āĻˇāĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
