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Mary took his stories at face value and did not know he was joking.

But there was something about the tight points of light in the old man's eyes that told him his visitor was not joking.

The great George Soros was only half-joking when he said, "Buy first, investigate later. "

Her parents thought the girl was joking when she said she wanted to be a scientist, but she was in earnest.

He sat up straight and stopped joking the moment we asked him how much has changed from the time he was a VJ.

It is now found that, in fact, you are really good for me, then I cheated you, joking with you, but do not know the deep hurt you.

A fantastic guy, lovely man, great sense of humor, I was lucky enough to see him a couple of weeks ago and he was still laughing and joking.

Just as he had often warned them on the island that he would do, when they thought he was joking.

You think I'm marrying an old man like that? You must be joking. He already has one foot in the grave.

I thought he was joking when he said he had resigned.

You're putting me on! Spoken, especially AmE used to tell someone that you think they are joking.

He was joking, of course, but there is no denying the passion with which soccer fans all around the world follow their favorite teams.

B: You are joking! . . . Well, how much do I owe you?

She said her client said he was joking around and he struck Sir Alex while shadow boxing.

"You didn't sound as if you were joking, " said the two.

Mother in her birthday is just a person sitting at home, I happily joking with fellow students.

All joking apart, when your legs begin to feel heavy, to hear the fans call your name wipes out that tiredness in an instant.

But the gibs have persisted, perhaps because, as is often true in a country famed for sharp wit, the joking masks serious messages.

I laughed and thought she was joking, but she said she was dead serious, that she even got a measuring tape to measure it!

"I'm not joking, " I said. "I mean it. " "We're coming, " she said.

He's got to be joking if he thinks we're going to stay here until 7 o'clock tonight.

Google him and you are immediately greeted with pictures of him laughing and joking alongside Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.

You know, we enjoyed mild weather, everybody was kind of joking like there's nothing here to talk about and I was rather bored.

One thing is the weather. You think I'm joking, but the weather is certainly a part of it.

As you know, Samoan girls are terrific liars when it comes to joking.

He has a very good mentality and is always joking so his teammates are happy with him.

I know you weren't trying to butter me up, Li Hua. I was just joking with you.

Greyjoy was laughing and joking as he rode. Bran heard the breath go out of him.

Ferguson had not been joking when he said he regarded Arsenal as a threat.

After Mass he went to the empress and spent a few minutes in the bosom of his family, joking with the children and his wife.

Of course, I'm only joking. Our Chinese friends will always be ready to help if that happens. Would you like to put your bag up here too?

Tom must be joking when he said he plans to sell his shop and go to medical school.

When two or more people ride, don't drive, each side more help, don't you climb out to chase me mad, or mutual joking.

The strict army man wasn't one for joking, but when he realised what he'd said he burst out laughing.

You think it's hard for you to watch it, you watch it in a joking manner.

To which Mr. Sikes replied, he was joking; as, if he had been sober, there would have been strong reason to suppose he was.

My dad walked up to saw the computer, he joking with me and he said the sentence for you am loving yourself.

You've got to be joking . I couldn't disagree with you more .

"I'm joking! " he said suddenly with a laugh, and, filled with great and obvious relief, everyone laughed with him.

She's joking of course, but all the same: I'd better step away from the keyboard and finally compile this information for her!

The girl of the future, when he is joking with you, please just pretend like you dont know, cuz he just a kid who like to play.

It's going to be the first time they're going to see a video of their father doing something positive in life, only half-joking.

"We were merely joking; drink to his health, " he added, filling Caderousse's glass, "and do not interfere with us. "

There was no joking with him about it.

He stopped joking around the moment his boss entered the office.

At least he appeared to be joking.

In school Adam was always joking around with everybody and was known as the class clown.

Chu sun from changsha come over, he would like to meet you, tease me to your phone. Small demon tone serious, don't like joking.

Don said, "You've got to be joking" , but I meant it.

If you asked me , you know, why am I not in favor of bombing Japan, well, I'm only half - joking when I say they built my car, OK .

The tone of my half-joking voice, the word "sheep, " and the memory of the chain make him cringe a little.

Okay , no more joking . I heard just now you were giving the audience an introduction about Changxing Island Port . Go on, please.

Joking apart , you ought to smoke fewer cigarettes . Smoking is harmful , you know.

It shall not be as you have been joking with us . . . for there has to already be an understanding of a certain subject matter.

Maria: What? You must be joking! But I can be yours. . . I'll be here for you forever.

I knew she was joking because she had a big grin on her face.

Mr Millin inquired, half-joking, whether he should walk up and down in the traditional way of pipers.

Actually, I wasn't completely joking. I saw him in a dream last night.

The silence was broken eventually by Ingrid. "You're joking, " she said, in a horrified voice.

I thought you might be a bit older. . . just joking.

Don't worry, he will bring the matter up, probably in a joking fashion.

Actually, you know, you're joking but my daughter. . . -I'm not joking! -. . . loves to watch hockey.

As an American, he is only half joking about his homeland's demands for a cure for everything.

Why did you take exception towhat he said? He was only joking.

He insisted that immigrating to Singapore is less likely to happen , joking " They ( Chinese people ) would never let me go . "

A few joking words relaxed the antagonism between them.

He was an old fellow, kind-faced and wise in the ways of bears and men, but very fond of joking.

Andy Murray was widely criticised for joking during the last World Cup that he would support 'anyone but England'.

I always showed up in a wrong place at wrong time, talking on classes and joking to kids.

When it's done in a joking tone it may be a bit harder to identify.

I was just joking. But my joke came across as an insult and now Bob's mad at me!

Andrew, you've got to be joking. Even more than usual.

A Baidu spokesperson confirmed the visit, joking on Twitter that rumours the company was buying Facebook were "greatly exaggerated" .

After he had taken another whisky, she said, "Joking apart, you're drinking too much. "

Because of such stories, joking words around town have been circulating among spouses not to take their other halves to see the film.

REALLY? I don't believe you, you must be kidding (joking), get out of town, no way.

Kelly: (jokingly) Is that right? I thought you might be a bit older. . . just joking.

Amber: (jokingly) Is that right? I thought you might be a bit older. . . just joking.

Joking that he's a samurai, he vows to save his town with its crippled power plant, its poisoned rice paddies and terrified survivors.

I'm joking, I'm joking. Never mind. Oh, sorry folks, I got to go.

We were joking about this situation when we were talking on the phone, and finally we decided that the situation was not acceptable.

Joking was essential, he said, for a healthy mind.

Perhaps because of ordinary joking too much, so I explain the matter with her, she's export hurtful, I can not accept her will.

There is no joking about the matter.

Rumors of a bit embarrassed, then explains: just joking and yi, absolutely no other means.

Hair spray, gel, nail polish, pens, a paper mache duck, miniature bowling pins(just to clarify, I'm not joking), just a LOT of stuff.

They awesome thing to see the demeanor may not joking, nothing so much on!

Joking aside, it'll be an acceptable result providing Apple follows through with its promise to issue a software fix in the coming weeks.

Although I'm half joking, being able to spot an Internet centric platform or infrastructure is fairly self evident for the most part.

I wasn't joking, but I'll tell you my name only if you manage to make it back alive. My frequency is 145.

I would like to convince myself that you are joking with me, but all have proved that you lied to me all along in.

She caught me playing cellphone. I give him a smile, not sure whether he was joking or not. . .

Some words I said was not just joking. Some of them are sincere words in my heart when I was saying as jokes.

THE best parodies are so good that the reader is never quite sure if the author really is joking or not.

Ji kept joking with me afterwards, saying, "Where's my car? " Maybe I'll get him a toy one instead!

I knew the ice had been broken when these three strong personalities were laughing and joking amongst themselves.

Edward: An hour? You make one hundred dollar an hour, you get a safty pin holding the boot up? You gotta to be joking.

To be clear, Djokovic was not joking this week. He came to Shanghai with a purpose.

Thought they were joking! I'm honored they picked me. A lot of people would like to be in my shoes.

Maugham and joking with sarcasm, "mercilessly dissect feelings of pity not to describe what he had seen no mercy in this world. "

Stop joking around. I'm trying to keep a straight face.

Now that you know what annoys the women, try not to provoke them intentionally or else you will get whacked (I am joking! ).

Von Trier was thrown out of the festival last week for joking that he was a Nazi.

They laughed, and one of them wagged a forefinger back and forth in a joking rebuttal.

You may be joking but she's simple enough to believe you.

operating machinery, the driver must concentrate, not allowed to fight smoking and joking with others.

John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Boston.

Robert Chua is only half-joking when he says he launched the world's first reality television show.

MANY Israeli start-ups should pay royalties to the army, says Edouard Cukierman, a venture capitalist in Tel Aviv. He is only half joking.

"Of course you do, " I joked along with him. The sad part was, I wasn't joking.

I could have entered, but I am a man, what if there was nothing and someone was just joking.

I must have had a quizzical look on my face because he added, "I'm not joking. "

am joking about the singing. just a picture cos we found lots of glasses around.

I was joking, it was not serious, but naturally the press picked up on it and splashed it all over the headlines.

Calling her coach stepmother is a half-joking thing but the coach told me a stepmother was also a kind of mother.

Though we acted like we couldn't care less about it, joking with him all the time and keeping smiling, deep down, we felt awefully hurt.

Beth: You've got to be joking!

Honestly, if you ask an ordinary Chinese the superpower question, he'd likely to get very puzzled. Many would think you are joking.

When I saw her become blushed I realized that I had overplayed my hand in joking with her.

At first I thought he was joking and said no - it felt too soon to be making that commitment .

Half-joking but curious, his studies began with a survey he conducted in 2001 among regular players of an online game, Everquest.

He was interested in humorous poems, joking commentaries on the news, and satirical observations of fellow townspeople .

I guess somebody was joking with the bride, her first container is full of rice, although it seem a piece of cake for the bride.

'I am not sure I can survive working with you, ' Mr. Winkler recalls joking at the time.

Man: No joking! If it has another, won't it become much heavier?

altar boys joking about changing quickly to avoid being cornered by the pastor for a heart-to-heart talk.

The police ruled out the possiblity that someone was joking during the investigation of the case.

Nor should there be obscenity , foolish talk or coarse joking , which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

Qi, shook his head, joking, brush-off way if followed by a team of people.

I also knew about this hypothetical exchange even in Buenos Aires, but we are joking, aren't we?

Mommy, I was just joking with you. I was playing with you.

Me? You're joking. You know my workload.

CHINA'S big banks each "have almost more branches than we have employees" , says one Western bank boss. He is only half joking.

You're joking, right? You guys just walked through the door.

When my mother told me a-bout it, I thought my mother was joking.

I don't mind joking as much, but I object to joking which is going too far.

Like a comedic SONG, like a joking LIFE, both are a piece of SHIT.

By the time I was a sophomore in college, I was talking (and joking) about my dad's sexuality.

Some of the students stand up and was joking, and some lazy lazy, and some hand does not wear a scarf.

Mother insisted to this day that she thought I was just joking .

And, you know, they think I'm kind of joking when I have them sign this form.

But joking aside, I'm glad to hear you liked CAL.

Just now, we were only joking with you.

He later explained that he too was joking, but would never apologise for standing up for America.

You must be joking! It may not be cold, just wet. And it might be windy.

I can only hope Mee was joking when he suggested building "biospheres on the moon, stocked with tigers, safe from poaching" .

The boy who likes joking like the car stopped by the police.

He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out. He's choking', how everybody's joking' now. The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!

In resolving the debt ceiling issues, August 4, about to enter the "fifties" of the year Barack Obama relief, 3-day celebration even joking.

This having been said, it is nevertheless a little difficult to avoid joking at certain exaggerated cases brought about by this.

Even if you're not doing comedy formally, this really puts a damper on joking around with your friends.

are you joking? a KGB tough guy a "man of peace" ? inside his head, he is worst than stalin was.

Joking apart, I am a light sleeper especially when I'm not in my own bed, so any noise would be magnified to me.

You must be joking! He is such a good boxer. You have no chance of beating him.

"Take it easy, I'm only joking. " I said.

Although our joking was all in fun, Joe took it to heart.

You must be joking! It may not even be cold, just wet. And it might be windy .

Laughing and joking with friends, play the surface but.

Becomes humored by joking or making a rude comment most likely they usually throw the question back at you.

She's going out with Dan? You're joking!

Syrian television dramas have long lampooned the security forces, joking about corruption and restrictions on free speech.

Never mind, boy, I am joking. I just didn't get the point of these stupid stuff.

The magazine didn't specify whether or not the US president was joking.

No, I'm not joking with you. I can beat you for sure. Let's have a race!

People miss sitting around the table together, interacting with each other, laughing, joking and talking.

There is no joking with him.

am. not serious, I was only joking with you.

If you are joking then this post w just as rather funny. If not: then I pity your life.

I'm not at all joking, your mind is the most powerful tool you have, it has the power to make things and break things.

He started with mummies, then moved on to dinosaurs, then foetuses - leaving friends joking he had gone from 'mummies to mummies'.

"Well, what were you frightened of, stupid? I . . . I was joking and you were frightened. Get in! "

I was at the counter thinking he must be joking, right?

It is hard to tell whether he is joking but Moore has experience of weathering idiots and far worse.

Father says he always wins our checker games because he has put the Indian sign on me, but I think he is joking.

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The word wool is a popular joking word for hair.

Linda: Tina, he's just joking. You know he's a big joker here.

The two sisters were laughing and joking as they walked arm in arm down the street .

"I was joking! " said the Mullah.

I am not joking any longer, I don't find it comic any more, I've had enough of puns, good God! no more farces, Eternal Father!

laughs* Just joking~ My ideal type is someone I just feel I can like, but I really don't want to get married right now.

Streets in lanes were straight and orderly with trees on both sides. Gangs of kids were playing, joking, running, and catching.

A group of teenagers were standing at the corner, laughing and joking.

People watch it in a joking manner. I have to watch it in a manner of disgust , disdain and feel my humiliation .

Do I look like I'm fucking joking with you?

You must be joking. 007 on an island populated exclusively by women, we won't see him til dawn.

Sometimes the restaurants are visited by bloodthirsty vampires . Joking .

All of a sudden you're hoping everything goes well, whereas before you're just joking about it.

You must be joking! There are thousands of pubs in Britain. No one would agree to closing them down.

Four: What can I say? "Gabriel Ernest is werewolf" ? My aunt will think I'm joking. I MUST get home before sundown.

Dan is always joking that my house is like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

No, I'm not joking, you know, this is the newest style.

There are humorous poems, joking commentaries on the news, and satirical observations of fellow townspeople.

Sheldon: This is not the time for joking. We're doing serious research, which requires complete and utter focus.

I wish you would stop joking about my black-eye. The pain is no laughing matter.

Cable News Network (CNN) has to interview. However Temoerman said in an interview, she just joking, think the media actually serious.

Don't feel bad [ badly]. I was only joking with you.

I thought he was joking around and I started laugusthing.

Eddie: He he. I was just joking', James. He was dead when I got here. Honest. Anyway, I gotta run.

Don't take her words to heart too much, she was only joking.

But she stayed up with the driver, talking and joking.

"It doesn't matter, I'm only joking" I said.

At the time I laughed knowingly, hoping he was joking.

what ? you really went there? i was joking. i am at the airport. i'm waiting for you at the arrival gate.

When people asked me why we'd moved to L. A. , I started joking, "For the air. "

"About DNA? " said Dr Baker. "You must be joking! I know nothing at all about that subject. "

He was really joking; he was only pretending to be serious.

Laughing and joking are considered improper behaviors at a funeral.

"Daily Mail" reported that, when the telephone tube cries for help coming from Olga, my mother thought her daughter was joking.

" reporter one face is interrogative, think he is joking, continue to ask: " Where is your mom?

Hubert: A peasant girl? You're, you're going to marry a. . . Why, Phillip, ha, ha, you're joking.

Scarlett: Oh, you're joking! I could kill you for scaring me so!

Scarlet: Oh , you're joking, I could kill you for scaring me so.

Whether explaining or complaining, joking or serious, the human voice is unmistakably genuine.

He was joking, but he hit on a change in Brazil's therapeutic landscape.

I'm just joking with him.

Stop joking! Seriously, what did the manager say in the meeting?

I'm joking to my mom that I'll pass on this magazine to my offsprings. haha.

Then hurriedly brought cotton-padded jacket, clothed me, I immediately feel very warm, so, I was joking and laughing with dad walked home.

If you'll take my advice, Mr. Grief, I would say, set your face sternly against any joking with the natives.

She's only joking with you.

but I say it with a big smile and eye contact so he knows I'm just joking.

Don't be so sensitive to my words, I'm just joking.

"I really enjoy sitting down here with my friends eating and joking around, " said 17-year-old student Megumi Kohara.

Some of us envisioned a completely custom solution (I'm not joking).

Travis, because he pretended to spit on me and tickled me and he's always joking around.

Normally they are joking around during "Inside the NBA" starts. . . tonight not a single word was uttered by these fools.

Steven: We couldn't even tell when he was joking or when he was being serious.

I'm not serious; I was only joking with you.

Laughing and joking with a smile, snow flying.

I was only joking; who would have thought he would take it seriously.

Two small can you promise to let them cry not joking, enjoy yourself?

The invention is an experiment in pairing different kinds of ice creams to different famous persons in a joking fashion.

All joking aside, "the rumors of Tux's death are certainly premature, " Hudson asserted.

I'm not joking about this.

I was joking with you. You needn't take it to heart.

I'm sure sales was hard but those of us in management were joking about 24 year olds doing better then we would ever do.

I'm not joking with you .

I'm just joking with you.

He loves her, too afraid of losing her, because she always chat with other boys, joking and jealous.

At first I thought he was joking, but his intense manner and wild eyes indicated a definite commitment to the concept.

The second approach, showing for the use of commercial "Joking" means the desecration of the classic.

It's to sit with someone you trust at the table, talking and Joking, and to believe together that the night will never come.

David: I am not joking, I can feel it. You can feel it that he wants to punch me in the face.

"We're taking a survey, " she says half-joking. "Do you think I should have a baby? "

I supposed you were just joking.

It will most likely be released when noone cares about Yuri's Revenge anymore. . . okay, just joking.

I couldn't decidewhether she was joking or not.

At first, I thought she was joking, but then I realized she was serious.

I am not joking: this is the conclusion of a recent report on the Web's most dangerous search terms from McAfee, a computer security firm.