Vocabulary Challenge


Joking

Answers


1. A sense of humour helps you through difficult times.

2. People had no wish to be the object of his biting wit.

3. A clown is droll.

4. No managing director will tolerate facetiousness at a staff meeting.

5. The children had fun at the fair.

6. In the winning team’s changing room there was the sound of cheerful banter.

7. Father Christmas, with his ho-ho-ho, and his plump red face, exudes joviality.

8. Whenever they meet, the English exchange mild pleasantries about the weather.

9. What the French and English call music hall, the Americans call burlesque.

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