Fortunately, much of the lame storyline is played for laughs.

幸好，那些蹩脚的情节只是为了搞笑。

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Expensive, realistic masks — the kind that are the hit of the costume party — are increasingly being used out of season, and not always for laughs.

如今，昂贵逼真的化装舞会面具越来越多地在淡季被使用，也不单单是为了搞笑。

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Come on and get your jacket — let's go out and have a couple of beers just for laughs.

这个人说：“来吧，穿上你的外套，我们到外面去喝两杯啤酒高兴高兴。”

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"Oh,usually to lead a healthier lifestyle by eating better food and not drinking so much,so (Laughs)" Jamar Negron,a high school student from New Jersey, has a few resolutions for two thousand ten: "I'm a fencer, so my New Year's resolution is just to become better at fencing.

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Chicago was "the most obvious city that did not have a comedy festival, " says Bruce Hills, chief operating officer at Just for Laughs.

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Played for laughs, the idea just seems an odd way of launching a multitude of bugs, dinosaurs, and apes into houses and shopping malls.

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Writers in England have tended to play these differences for laughs.

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