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to crack a joke

отпустить шутку

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crack a joke

разг отпустить шуточку

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"Here's to the bride," he said with a jocularity which petered unobtrusively out; it was as if he had tried to crack a joke with a magistrate and scented a rebuff; the old face recomposed itself quickly on serious lines.
— За здоровье новобрачной — произнес он с шутливостью, которая тотчас же испарилась, как будто он хотел вызвать судью на ответную шутку, но встретил отпор — его морщинистое лицо моментально настроилось на серьезный лад.
Greene, Henry Graham / Brighton RockГрин, Генри Грэм / Брайтонский леденец
Брайтонский леденец
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Greene Graham, 1938, 1940, 1945
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Brighton Rock
Greene, Henry Graham
© 1938 by Graham Greene
© Graham Greene, 1966, 1970
'Reschedule!' cries Derek Smeath, as though I've just cracked a hysterical joke.
— Перенести?! — гогочет Дерек Смит так, будто я отпустила дико смешную шутку.
Kinsella, Sophie / The Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicКинселла, Софи / Тайный мир шопоголика
Тайный мир шопоголика
Кинселла, Софи
© Copyright Sophie Kinsella
© 2005, Фантом Пресс
© Анастасия Корчагина, перевод
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Kinsella, Sophie
© Copyright Sophie Kinsella

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He kept cracking jokes about my appearance. — Он беспрестанно отпускал шуточки по поводу моей наружности.

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