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词汇 example_english_little-joke
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little joke

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meanings of littleand joke


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little
adjective
uk /ˈlɪt.əl/ us /ˈlɪt̬.əl/
small in size ...
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joke
noun
uk /dʒəʊk/ us /dʒoʊk/
something, such as a funny story or trick, that is said or done in order to make ...
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Examples of little joke


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It was just their littlejoke.
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I thought of a littlejoke.
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It is a littlejoke which is worth repeating tonight.
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It was meant to be a littlejoke.
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It is a littlejoke; a little sprat.
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In the face of disaster he gives us one littlejoke—his so-called enterprise zones.
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I was, as a matter of fact, endeavouring to make a littlejoke there.
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He, who makes so many jokes himself, might have forgiven a littlejoke on my part.
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I am very sorry that my littlejoke went rather astray.
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I am not clear what is meant by "community, ties" about which we had a littlejoke.
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It is rather like the littlejoke about the tortoise which was being accepted for carriage on the railway.
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I congratulate him on managing a littlejoke at the end of his speech, given that he did not feel able to have a peroration.
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I was very pleased that on rather an academic subject there should be a littlejoke brought in about my race.
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The suggestion that he ever did wear a wig is purely my own littlejoke.
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Of course, one sometimes tries to lighten a tense moment with a littlejoke; but that does not detract from the seriousness of the question or the reply.
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However, she says that she has no intention of really doing this and only wants to play a littlejoke on him.
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It's an odd littlejoke, relying almost entirely on the effectiveness of the sound editing, but it, like a high level of jokes in the episode, manages to work.
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