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All in all, she began to entertain the idea that perhaps Daniel's optimism about the Butler project might ultimately be reasonable, despite her intuition to the contrary and despite the trouble she and Daniel had experienced in Turin.
Alles in allem konnte sie sich langsam sogar vorstellen, dass Daniels Optimismus hinsichtlich des Butler-Projekts gerechtfertigt war, trotz ihres schlechten Gefühls und trotz der Schwierigkeiten, mit denen sie in Turin konfrontiert gewesen waren.
Cook, Robin / SeizureCook, Robin / Die Operation
Die Operation
Cook, Robin
© der Originalausgabe 2003 by Robin Cook
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Seizure
Cook, Robin
© 2003 by Robin Cook
"On another occasion he entertained the foremost men among the senators and knights in the following fashion.
»Bei einer anderen Gelegenheit unterhielt Domitian die vornehmsten unter den Senatoren und Rittern auf folgende Weise.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Proposals will be entertained only from European organisations fulfilling the following criteria.
In Frage kommen nur Vorschläge von europäischen Organisationen, die die folgenden Bedingungen erfüllen.
© Europäische Union, 1998-2010
© European Union, 1998-2010
And in saying that the television news show entertains but does not inform, I am saying something far more serious than that we are being deprived of authentic information.
Und wenn ich sage, daß die Fernsehnachrichten-Show Unterhaltung bietet, aber keine Information, dann heißt das nicht nur, daß uns authentische Informationen vorenthalten werden.
Postman, Neil / Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil / Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Postman, Neil
© by Neil Postman, 1985
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1985
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Postman, Neil
© Neil Postman, 1985
A kindly, educated old man with a big white Panama hat who worried mostly about his digestion, my grandfather entertained no political ambitions.
Ein liebenswürdiger, gebildeter alter Herr mit einem großen, weißen Panamahut, dessen größte Sorge seine Verdauung war. Mein Großvater besaß keinerlei politische Ambitionen.
Alvarez, Julia / How The Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsAlvarez, Julia / Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Wie die Garcia Girls ihren Akzent verloren
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
© ECON Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, Dusseldorf und Wien
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
Alvarez, Julia
© 1991 by Julia Alvarez
Peter J. Bowler's The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth (1988, Johns Hopkins) is scholarly and entertaining at once.
Ein ebenso lehrreiches wie unterhaltsames Werk ist Peter J. Bowlings Abhandlung The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth, Johns Hopkins 1988.
Bear, Greg / Darwin's ChildrenBear, Greg / Die Darwin-Kinder
Die Darwin-Kinder
Bear, Greg
© 2003 Greg Bear
© Elsevier GmbH, München
Darwin's Children
Bear, Greg
© 2003 by Greg Bear
Even in the last week of his life he was entertaining two Israeli generals at his office, giving them a complete up-to-the-minute picture, all tape-recorded by the devices in their briefcases.
Noch in der letzten Woche seines Lebens hatte er in seinem Büro zwei israelische Generale empfangen und ihnen einen umfassenden Überblick gegeben, den die Recorder in ihren Aktenkoffern aufgezeichnet hatten.
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
the result of all this is that Americans are the best entertained and quite likely the least well-informed people in the Western world.
So kommt es, daß die Amerikaner die am besten unterhaltenen und zugleich wahrscheinlich die am schlechtesten informierten Leute der westlichen Welt sind.
Postman, Neil / Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil / Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der Unterhaltungsindustrie
Postman, Neil
© by Neil Postman, 1985
© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1985
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Postman, Neil
© Neil Postman, 1985
That is how we know he has been entertaining Israeli delegations at his offices there.
Daher wissen wir, daß er in seinem dortigen Büro Delegationen aus Israel empfangen hat.
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
Dustfinger had often entertained the maids as they hoed the beds.
Staubfinger hatte oft die Mägde unterhalten, wenn sie die Beete hackten.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
Krespel was always entertaining with his strange eccentricities; but it was really Antonia who drew me to the house, and made me put up with a great deal which, impatient as I was in those days, I should never have endured but for her.
Der Rat blieb mit seinen höchst seltsamen Skurrilitäten mir sehr ergötzlich; aber doch war es wohl nur Antonie, die mit unwiderstehlichem Zauber mich hinzog, und mich manches ertragen ließ, dem ich sonst ungeduldig, wie ich damals war, entronnen.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Very entertaining they are, too, believe you me.
Glaub mir, sie sind wirklich sehr unterhaltsam.
Funke, Cornelia / InkheartFunke, Cornelia / Tintenherz
Tintenherz
Funke, Cornelia
© Cecilie Dressler Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg 2003
Inkheart
Funke, Cornelia
© 2003 by Dressler Verlag
© 2003 by The Chicken House
The majority of the others were floating without restraints close to their personal, marked-out areas of wall or ceiling, their eyes fixed on illuminated viewscreens and presumably being entertained.
Die Mehrheit der anderen schwamm ohne Einschränkungen in den ihnen zugewiesenen, an Wänden und Decke markierten Bereichen umher, und da sie die Augen auf flackernde Bildschirme richteten, sahen Sie sich vermutlich Unterhaltungsprogramme an.
White, James / Final DiagnosisWhite, James / Die letzte Diagnose
Die letzte Diagnose
White, James
© 1999 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.
Final Diagnosis
White, James
© 1997 by James White
They had been drawn up by an old. legal luminary, exactly in the style of the Prussian Municipal Code, all divided into titles and paragraphs, and were the most entertaining reading it is possible to conceive.
Diese Gesetze hatte ein alter Rat verfaßt, ganz in der Form des preußischen Landrechts, mit der Einteilung in Titel und Paragraphen. Etwas Ergötzlicheres konnte man gar nicht lesen.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
I might find your words entertaining enough to be able to forget my own problems for a while.
Vielleicht finde ich Ihre Erzählungen ja so unterhaltend, daß ich meine eigenen Probleme für eine Weile vergessen kann.
White, James / Final DiagnosisWhite, James / Die letzte Diagnose
Die letzte Diagnose
White, James
© 1999 der deutschen Ausgabe und der Übersetzung by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag GmbH & Co.
Final Diagnosis
White, James
© 1997 by James White

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entertain

verb
Basic forms
Pastentertained
Imperativeentertain
Present Participle (Participle I)entertaining
Past Participle (Participle II)entertained
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I entertainwe entertain
you entertainyou entertain
he/she/it entertainsthey entertain
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am entertainingwe are entertaining
you are entertainingyou are entertaining
he/she/it is entertainingthey are entertaining
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have entertainedwe have entertained
you have entertainedyou have entertained
he/she/it has entertainedthey have entertained
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been entertainingwe have been entertaining
you have been entertainingyou have been entertaining
he/she/it has been entertainingthey have been entertaining
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I entertainedwe entertained
you entertainedyou entertained
he/she/it entertainedthey entertained
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was entertainingwe were entertaining
you were entertainingyou were entertaining
he/she/it was entertainingthey were entertaining
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had entertainedwe had entertained
you had entertainedyou had entertained
he/she/it had entertainedthey had entertained
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been entertainingwe had been entertaining
you had been entertainingyou had been entertaining
he/she/it had been entertainingthey had been entertaining
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will entertainwe shall/will entertain
you will entertainyou will entertain
he/she/it will entertainthey will entertain
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be entertainingwe shall/will be entertaining
you will be entertainingyou will be entertaining
he/she/it will be entertainingthey will be entertaining
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have entertainedwe shall/will have entertained
you will have entertainedyou will have entertained
he/she/it will have entertainedthey will have entertained
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been entertainingwe shall/will have been entertaining
you will have been entertainingyou will have been entertaining
he/she/it will have been entertainingthey will have been entertaining
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would entertainwe should/would entertain
you would entertainyou would entertain
he/she/it would entertainthey would entertain
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be entertainingwe should/would be entertaining
you would be entertainingyou would be entertaining
he/she/it would be entertainingthey would be entertaining
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have entertainedwe should/would have entertained
you would have entertainedyou would have entertained
he/she/it would have entertainedthey would have entertained
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been entertainingwe should/would have been entertaining
you would have been entertainingyou would have been entertaining
he/she/it would have been entertainingthey would have been entertaining
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am entertainedwe are entertained
you are entertainedyou are entertained
he/she/it is entertainedthey are entertained
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being entertainedwe are being entertained
you are being entertainedyou are being entertained
he/she/it is being entertainedthey are being entertained
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been entertainedwe have been entertained
you have been entertainedyou have been entertained
he/she/it has been entertainedthey have been entertained
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was entertainedwe were entertained
you were entertainedyou were entertained
he/she/it was entertainedthey were entertained
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being entertainedwe were being entertained
you were being entertainedyou were being entertained
he/she/it was being entertainedthey were being entertained
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been entertainedwe had been entertained
you had been entertainedyou had been entertained
he/she/it had been entertainedthey had been entertained
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be entertainedwe shall/will be entertained
you will be entertainedyou will be entertained
he/she/it will be entertainedthey will be entertained
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been entertainedwe shall/will have been entertained
you will have been entertainedyou will have been entertained
he/she/it will have been entertainedthey will have been entertained