Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book just as two persons sometimes discover a friend by the admiration which both entertain for a third.

人们常常因为喜欢同一本书而结为知己，就像有时两个人因为敬慕同一个人而成为朋友一样。

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They began to build their houses with separate rooms to entertain guests—living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping, separate work areas—kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms.

他们开始建造自己的房子，有独立的房间招待客人——客厅、用来睡觉的独立卧室、独立的工作区——厨房、洗衣房和独立的浴室。

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He's willing to entertain arguments, both for and against the debate.

他愿意接受辩论，无论是支持或反对的论点。

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Before we get to suicide, you might say, the question that's going to entertain us for the remaining few weeks is this.

在我讲到自杀之前，你可能会说，剩下几个星期里让我们有兴趣的,问题是这样一个问题。

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He's willing to entertain arguments, both for and against the debate.

他愿意接受辩论，无论是支持或反对的论点。

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Not that the present pope would entertain for a moment the idea that this ban was wrong, although many cardinals and bishops and probably most priests believe it was a dreadful mistake that happened because the indecisive Pope Paul VI allowed himself to be bullied by his Curia.

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The BBC Asian Network, which will also be abolished, spends as much to entertain a radio listener for an hour as BBC One spends to entertain a television viewer for an hour.

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One of the most steadfast and famous abolitionists in New England, he was far more radical than William Lloyd Garrison, if, that is, radicalism is measured by a willingness to entertain violence for the social good.

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