To afford

to do smth., е.g. Can you afford to go away for a holiday?

5. to keep (kept, kept) υt/i 1. держать (в разных смыслах); а) хранить, е.g. She always keeps old letters.; b) задержать, не отдавать, е.g. You may keep the book, I don't want it yet.; с) (с) держать (слово и т. п.), е.g. Не always keeps his promise.; d) содержать, е.g. Mr. Watson had a wife and family to keep.; e) задержать, заставить ждать, е.g. I'm sorry I kept you waiting.

2. праздновать, справлять, е.g. "How We Kept Mother's Day"; She always keeps her birthday.

to keep smth. + adj., е.g. This work kept the children busy. You must keep your feet warm.

to keep to smth., е.g. Keep to the diet. Let's keep to the middle of the road.

to keep on doing smth., е.g. She kept on writing when I came in (not used of a state, but only of activities. Cf.: He kept on standing up. But He remained standing.).

to keep smb. from doing smth., е.g. It kept me from Joining you.

to keep (smth.) back, е.g. The young men kept the crowd back. I'm sure he is keeping something back (= not telling all; concealing something). Mother had guessed that we would be late, so she had kept back the dinner.

6. to occur υi 1. случаться, происходить, е.g. Such incidents occur every day. It must never occur again.

2. приходить на ум, е.g. It occurred to me that something might be wrong with her. Didn't it occur to you to close the window to keep the noise back?

7. to enjoy υi получать удовольствие, наслаждаться, е.g. I enjoyed the trip very much. I've enjoyed seeing you.

to enjoy oneself, е.g. I enjoyed myself at the concert last night.

enjoyment n удовольствие, наслаждение

8. fun n 1. веселье, забава, развлечение, е.g. Children are fond of fun. What fun we had when we were together! He is full of fun.

to make fun of высмеивать, подшучивать, е.g. He's fond of making fun of people. Nobody likes to be made fun of.

to do smth. in (for) fun делать что-л. в шутку, е.g. I said it only in (for) fun.

2. предмет шуток, источник веселья, удовольствия, е.g. The party (your friend) was great fun.

funny adj смешной, забавный, е.g. I have a funny story to tell you.