Some one must have slipped it slyly into my pocket for a joke.

一定是有人捉弄我，偷偷地把它塞进了我的口袋。

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There is nothing worse than falling for a joke and being a fool except one day.

除了这一天，没有什么比被一个笑话愚弄，变成一个傻子更糟糕的了。

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He is detained for a joke.

他因为一个玩笑而被扣押。

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Wow, John, I got a laugh for a political joke, I'm in big trouble. That better?

噢，John，我讲了个政治笑话大家都笑了，我有麻烦了，这样好些么？

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Meanwhile, comedian Jimmy Carr has apologised for a joke about a car crash posted online.

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It is also easy to confuse a conviction with what is merely a good set-up for a joke.

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It sounds like the setup for a joke, as God only knows what freakish mollusks lurk in that fetid post-industrial waterway.

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