I asked, "Do you think these are really solid?" 'and they started laughing.

我问：“你们认为这样的岩石确实很坚固吗？”他们听了都笑了。

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When his friends saw what had happened, they started laughing so hard that they could not stop.

朋友们看到此情此景，乐得不行，笑个不停。

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They went silent for a moment, then they started laughing and said yeah, that too.

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But somewhere around the third round they stopped laughing, and some time around the fourth round they started complaining to the judges.

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