At the far end of the room, somebody must have just told a good joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in.

她想，肯定是在房间的另一端有人刚讲了一个笑话，因为她一进房门，房里的人就突然爆笑起来。

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I have just thought of a splendid joke.

我刚想到一个绝妙的笑话。

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In a telephone interview, Dr. Ramakrishnan said that when he was first told of the prize he thought it was a joke.

Ramakrishnan博士在电话采访中说，当他第一次被告知获奖时他以为只是一个玩笑。

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They were making a joke of my horror! This I thought,and this I think.

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Indeed, when Domestic Asset Protection Trusts were first introduced, probably a majority of the (relatively few) asset protection planners thought they were in the nature of a bad joke.

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He's got no monetary value so maybe someone thought it was just a bit of a joke.

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Most of the students thought they were a joke.

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