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1 joking apart/aside
(let us stop joking and talk seriously: I feel like going to Timbuctoo for the weekend - but, joking apart, I do need a rest!) żarty żartami -
2 joking
['dʒəukɪŋ]nżarty pl -
3 joke
[dʒəuk] 1. n( gag) dowcip m, kawał m (inf); ( sth not serious) żart m; (also: practical joke) psikus m, kawał m (inf)2. vito play a joke on sb — robić (zrobić perf) komuś kawał
* * *[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) kawał, żart2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) kawał2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) żartować2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) żartować•- joker- jokingly
- it's no joke
- joking apart/aside
- take a joke -
4 in earnest
1) (serious; not joking: I am in earnest when I say this.) poważny, na serio2) (seriously; with energy and determination: He set to work in earnest.) naprawdę -
5 playful
['pleɪful]adj* * *1) (happy; full of the desire to play: a playful kitten.) wesoły, psotny2) (joking; not serious: a playful remark.) żartobliwy
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