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"text": "Fifty quid for that piece of junk? You're having a laugh!"
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"(UK, idiomatic) To joke; kid around."
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"To enjoy oneself; have fun."
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"sense": "to laugh",
"word": "nauraa"
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"sense": "to laugh",
"word": "hlæja"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"word": "pilailla"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"word": "juksata"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"word": "grínast"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"word": "spauga"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"word": "gera að gamni sínu"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "UK: to kid around",
"tags": [
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"colloquial"
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"word": "echarse unas risas"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "UK: to enjoy oneself",
"word": "skemmta sér"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "UK: to enjoy oneself",
"word": "gleðjast"
}
],
"word": "have a laugh"
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