"An iPad?" I ventured, half-jokingly.

“一部iPad”，我冒险的半开玩笑地说。

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"Where should we grab some food?" Perhaps no other question has motivated more consumer technology entrepreneurs. Well, I say that only half-jokingly.

我们应该在哪吃点东西呢？“也许再没有别的问题更能激发消费技术创业者的积极性了。”当然我半开玩笑说的。

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The dean says that they will bring an interesting perspective to the class, although, at least half jokingly, he worries about the first time he has to give either a bad grade.

该教务长说他们将为课堂增加更有趣的视角，尽管这是他第一次开始担心可能会给他们中的某个打低分。

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Honda officials say half-jokingly they're trying not to sell them until a cost-competitive Fit can be built in Mexico beginning in 2014.

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Viktor Chernomyrdin, the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine (and a former prime minister), is referred to, only half-jokingly, as Mr Putin's viceroy in Kiev.

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"You could say that Uruk is to blame for bureaucracy, " Mr. Wartke said half-jokingly when referring to the city's penchant for validating and recording goods.

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