He is making jokes in order to make them laugh.

他讲笑话逗他们笑。

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Bear in mind that some people are making jokes.

记住有些人是在开玩笑的。

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People began making jokes of his name on Twitter.

人们开始在Twitter上拿他的名字开玩笑。

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We use the expression to clown around when we talk about someone playing tricks and making jokes.

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These numbers are so low they could be dismissed as people filling in the wrong things or making jokes or just being confused compared to-- stunningly superstitious high rankings.

这些比例低到,可以把它们当成人们填错表格,或者开玩笑，或者看不懂题目造成的误差,相比于…,那些高得吓人的比例。

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The website also addresses the issue of the 12-minute video of the teens making jokes about the incident.

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The other developer making jokes, Alex Reid, was not fired.

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"Everybody sat there making jokes, " he said.

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