Question

It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.  (UShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English) IPAhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet(keyhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation): /ˈkʰæɹijˈɑn/

Accepted Answer

(idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic) To havehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have or maintainhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maintain.

Sentence	It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.
Definition	( idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic ) To have https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have or maintain https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maintain .
Pronunciation	( US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English ) IPA https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet ^{(key https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation )}: /ˈkʰæɹijˈɑn/

Difficult Carry Conversation Distractions ˈkʰæɹijˈɑn