Tuesday, November 26, 2019

CEFR English Exercise – laugh – laughed – laughing – laughs


Please complete the following sentences with a “ laugh – laughed – laughing – laughs ”.
Please point out the errors if you come across any. (There are some really special gifts reserved for you)
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1.              The man could _______ at his own mistakes, but turned into raging bull whenever I made one.
2.              The _______ was deep and jovial, yet any listener could pick out the sinister tone.
3.              Like the TV shows, audiences are never sure if they are going to have a _______ or a lump in the throat from one moment to the next.
4.              They make fun of the three-piece suite, _______ at the Artex, rummage hilariously though the display cabinet, then leave.
5.              She was beginning to _______ a little, being painfully aware of the apparent lack of logic.
6.              This is ludicrous, and you may feel the urge to simultaneously roll your eyes, _______ out loud, and change the channel.
7.              I tried to make a joke of it, but my _______ was fake, a desperate tint to it, well the whole thing seemed desperate actually.
8.              He would sneak around at night and set up jokes and tricks and then _______ at the staff members who got caught in them.
9.              Malicia used to make me _______ when she told me of the harmless jokes and pranks she played earlier that day.
10.         After working alone, talk, _______ and interact with others for an instant lift.
11.         Being an action figure made me _______ at first because an icon was so far from the world I'd been living in in England.
12.         So, it's a good job that I've been very busy this week and so not found much to _______ out loud at.
13.         I _______ at my own jitteriness, but as I get dressed, it is at least ten minutes before I realise that both the lamps have been turned off.
14.         They're all fab and they tell me when I'm acting up, and _______ at me as much as possible which, I think, is very important and very British.
15.         I heard her _______ at me, which made my blind hate take control over all of my senses.
16.         Madison dances with Jack, and they happily _______ and chat during the lively jig.
17.         It was definitely something to _______ about afterwards but certainly not at the time.
18.         Her coquettish verve and her lippy song material will make the gals share a _______ and leave the ducktail set absolutely spellbound.
19.         Gideon smiled to himself, loving her _______ and the way it made her eyes twinkle like lustrous sapphires.
20.         A quick student, she memorised entire scripts and soon learned how to cry or _______ on command.
21.         He takes his shots at me, but he has an acerbic, curmudgeonly style that gives me a _______ and he happily owns up to his prejudices.
22.         I gave a weak, watery _______ before pulling away a bit to look up at my oldest friend.
23.         It is these kinds of charges and accusations that make people _______ at the military.
24.         Just as you marvel at the ingenuity of the filmmaking, you _______ at the sheer audacity of it all.
25.         He managed to make Marin actually _______ when he described the incident with the paper clip and the water cooler that had flooded half the floor.
26.         It's made me _______ from your dry humor and weep for the victims of corporate crime tactics.
27.         His thoughts were interrupted by Tobin's hearty _______, a _______ that jarred him from his stolid stance and sent him reeling with confusion.
28.         I have always thought that the best way to begin to accommodate to new circumstances is to learn to _______ in them.
29.         I went there to _______ at the washed-up child star, and I'm sorry that I ever thought like that.
30.         Unfortunately, my voice had risen five octaves higher than I had expected it to and this just made him _______ harder.
31.         The soundtrack sounds reasonably clean, and the dialogue and _______ tracks are acceptably distinct.
32.         Stella the happy talker, with a _______ that fills the room and warms the heart.
33.         They have made us think about ourselves by making us _______ at our own absurdity.
34.         His hair is graying already, he has grey stubble on his chin, wrinkles, _______ lines, and crows feet.
35.         Her smile, combined with the off the wall remark, elicited a _______ from Gael.
36.         A well loved member of the card playing circuit for many years his hearty _______ could always be heard above any din.
37.         Milne gives a big Aberdonian _______ and says how much she loves confounding expectations.
38.         There was a ripple of _______ter among the men and she quickly smiled and gave a small _______ as if it was a joke.
39.         While she was being tried, she had the audacity to _______ at questions presented to her.
40.         Lindbergh made them _______ by wiggling his ears and his shoes were so big that they put puppets in them at night.
41.         This idiot and his team of oafs had the audacity to patronize and _______ at Eugene last night.
42.         Various tours are available by speed boats that take you for the most spectacular views, even up the gut to _______ in the face of El Diablo.
43.         It tells six stories, tenuously linked, that are at times heartbreaking, but still _______ out loud funny.
44.         It can make the audience _______ riotously one moment before chilling them into a somber silence.
45.         I didn't think the trailer was some sort of _______ riot, but I don't think it was unfunny either.
46.         Watch out for the programme to be telecast shortly and _______ your guts out!
47.         His new takes on the classic tales made us _______ out loud at more than one bedtime.
48.         Her brothers sought an opportunity to avenge the wrong that causes men like Ulick to _______ and jest, and women to hide their faces and die.
49.         The channel packed in games such as shouting match and hoopla that caused a _______ riot among the crowd.
50.         These magazines are good for a _______ but they get really really tedious and brain-numbing.
51.         As he lay down on the mat, with a bewildered expression on his face, he heard a clear and ringing _______ from the girl, a genuine happy _______.
52.         The sergeant's mouth twitched and I knew he was trying not to _______ at my long-windedness.
53.         Tim is a good _______ and Mani, well, what can I say about him apart from he's a complete and utter star.
54.         The wild-eyed soldier rushed out like an animal released from captivity, and leaned along the railing, starting to _______ with uncontrollable joy.
55.         The staff were wonderful, friendly, approachable, the porters made me _______ and were teasing me lots on the way to the theatre.
56.         My own children always _______ at my teacherly impulses to say that the students should tell the teachers what is going on, but there it is.
57.         A Rhode Islander would _______ at any one trying to use a knife and fork to eat a clam bake.
58.         His wrinkles and _______ lines accented a face of solitude and sadness, and his old uniform was becoming tattered, its former blue colour fading.
59.         I've ambled down quiet back roads where tiny children _______ their way home from school.
60.         I almost _______ but Martin Compston, patron saint of leisurewear in Scotland, just grins.
61.         Drew _______ softly to herself, a _______ that made Devlin wonder if she was _______ at him.
62.         I _______ at her, pull my clothes towards me and then glance at the Rolex adorning my left wrist.
63.         As Nora listened to him _______ and shout with the others, she set her elbow on the table, resting her head upon it, and sighed wistfully.
64.         Annoyance flashed through Rosemarie like lightning as a deep, resonant _______ came from above.
65.         The narrative is tangential and anecdotal, a linear mosaic of small failures and smaller successes, interspersed with _______ out loud one-liners.
66.         Sorin is not the usual whingeing ancient, but a sardonic, angry old man who can _______ bitterly at himself.
67.         Oskar resealed the letter and began to _______ as he replaced it under Dorothea's door.
68.         We feel free to _______ at his anarchic humour because we can feel we're _______ at fascism and the human stupidity that reinforces fascism.
69.         It always surprised me when Jem would _______ hysterically if Ben zinged me with the ultimate joke of which I was the victim.
70.         Some people might _______ at them as airport novels, but I get a good read from them.
71.         And, that great corrupter, the fear that if you don't _______ you will be seen as a prig and a killjoy.
72.         It's kinda growing on me though, because it makes me _______ when I see it and that's got to be a good thing.
73.         At least 25 per cent of the gags were funny enough to get me to _______ out loud, which counts for something.
74.         Will leant back and let out a huge bellow of _______ter that made me _______ all the harder.
75.         His brow is uncreased by worry or doubt, and the only wrinkles he might acquire are _______ lines.
76.         The ultimate aim is to spread the message of _______ter, by making others _______ and become happy.
77.         Along with weird and wacky hairstyles and tattoos, players can now add everything from bags under the eyes to _______ lines.
78.         Obsessed with eternal life and beauty, she goes beyond sticking to a low-carb diet and shooting Botox into her _______ lines.
79.         Pity the poor candidates who believe they can get by on charisma, pandering, and _______ lines alone.
80.         I notice that nowadays in politics you've got to get your _______ line first.
81.         The movie never has much space to breathe, and there are only one or two real _______ lines in the entire film.
82.         Even today, I can _______ and cry and express anger through my fingers on piano keys.
83.         She likes large gestures, preferably telegraphed in advance to cue the _______ lines.
84.         However, I must say that, you know, I always _______ with him, but his policies are no _______ matter.
85.         Through reduction, the satirist aims at to make the reader _______ at his subject.
86.         Their stupid opinion is just as valid as the millions of people who _______ this assertion to scorn.
87.         It was rather unpleasant, but yet it sounded like the _______ of a person you could trust.
88.         The pantomime is a _______ a minute with curly wigs, outrageous costumes, banter and confusion the order of the day.
89.         For years I have been astigmatic to a degree that even bats point and _______ at me.
90.         I think the decision to throw Ricky and me together throughout the series was a fantastic idea and it has been a _______ a minute.
91.         This will be the group's 15th production and all who come along are guaranteed value for money and a _______ a minute into the bargain.
92.         Behind its heavy door and a dark glass wall, the formal dining room isn't exactly a _______ a minute.
93.         Last week's meeting was literally a _______ a minute, with a great turnout once more of both members and guests.
94.         When he finally gets to see the contract, he will, in all probability, _______ as much as I did.
95.         It'd make me _______ like a drain if I won, which probably isn't a very good recommendation.
96.         It will, however, almost certainly make you _______ like a drain several times.
97.         My own marriage give me lots of material for my cartoons, but, unfortunately, my wife is so great that most of the time, the _______ is on me.
98.         Her eyes squint and her lips pulse making her _______ even more lovely to hear.
99.         If he loused it up in any way, everybody would _______ and they would do it over again.
100.     Then he wrote a best-selling book which sounded very much like having the last _______ at his investors' expense.
101.     You have to _______ but she'll have the last _______ when she gets offered all the plum roles as a female pirate.
102.     It's also an old master having the last _______ on a movie project that seemed destined to fail.
103.     The pilot was wincingly painful to watch as it was littered with a _______ track and poorly written jokes.
104.     Amanda is a good mate, I haven't seen her much but I know she is a _______ and a great mate, and she is a good mate to Sam as well.
105.     I have to confess that I always get a good belly _______ out of such nonsense.
106.     You'll _______ just as much at the elevator scene as you'll gasp at the runaway train sequence.
107.     It was good to see the crowd stop taking themselves so seriously and have a _______ for once!
108.     For the first time in a long while I actually went to see a play billed as a comedy that made me _______ out loud.
109.     The head doorman is a bit of joker and you can have a _______ with him but it's not advisable to upset him too much.
110.     There are pieces in there that cause me to _______ out loud and that can only be a good thing.
111.     All he knew was that that _______ sounded like nothing he had ever heard before.
112.     She tried not to _______ when she remembered that he did have manicured hands.
113.     It is a moment so bloated and overblown, there is nothing to do but _______ out loud.
114.     Trying to make the audience _______ is perhaps not much more difficult than trying to explain why it _______.
115.     I have not heard an audience _______ so hard and so long in a movie theater in a long time.
116.     He had the same lopsided grin he sported to make people _______ at his antics.
117.     Her _______ sounded forced and nervous sometimes, but you could tell the difference.
118.     I did have a text-message from a female friend last night which made me _______ out loud.
119.     There are plenty of gags, but few that are likely to make you _______ out loud.
120.     I've tried talking to my parents but they just seem to _______ it off and ignore me saying that I'll feel better tomorrow.
121.     It went down reasonably well and people _______ at the appropriate moments thank God.
122.     Brad _______ a bit, his _______ter ending in a slight wince as the pain flared up again.
123.     But Musgrave, in his sturdy, common-sense way, only _______ at her seriousness over such kickshaws.
124.     They _______ and hurried sheepishly downstairs, leaving the key on the reception desk in the hotel lobby.
125.     He winked and _______ at his joke, putting a friendly arm around her shoulders.
126.     He _______, placing his arms over mine, intertwining our fingers and wrapping both our arms around my upper torso.
127.     She _______ and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew.
128.     In many other cultures he'd be _______ at, and sent to a psychiatrist for being tied to his mother's apron strings.
129.     He _______ aloud in wonder, and smiled benevolently down at the recumbent figure in his lap.
130.     She even _______ in the witness box under re-examination from the prosecutor.
131.     Women, they say, _______ more at jokes involving wordplay, while men preferred more aggressive humor.
132.     The two men _______ and looked knowingly at each other, then disappeared around the corner.
133.     Everyone _______ and nodded knowingly as Crystal joked about offending her roommate with her stinky jars of Asian food.
134.     A small boy _______ at me on the street and shouted something about girls and tongues so I pinned him down and knuckled his head.
135.     They have signed all the autographs, _______ and joked among themselves and smiled upon all who smiled.
136.     He _______ when I told him about Pavlov's later turn and about the accusation that he had knuckled under to the nomenklatura.
137.     Sunday was the day I had fun and _______ without any sort of trouble or lingering worry.
138.     The filthy thug _______ giddily, his voice slowly rising in pitch until it became an ear-piercing shriek.
139.     Jade _______ and turned away, getting a closer look at the river plants and lily pads.
140.     I told her that one of my best friends at the time had a crush on her and she just _______ and thought it was ridiculous.
141.     The children, ever resilient, _______ and drank deeply from the truck's spigot.
142.     He _______, knowing her admission was an effort to inject some levity back into a situation that had grown uncomfortably serious.
143.     I made griddled salmon with steamed broccoli and courgettes, and we talked, and _______, and my Dad opened a lovely bottle of Chardonnay.
144.     I would have _______ if this conversation weren't revolving around him being a murderer.
145.     Bill lent me a copy of his latest book and I have to tell you I _______ until I cried reading this book.
146.     He took a drag from his cigarette, then blew the smoke at the camera and _______.
147.     He _______ at this statement, and his eyes, which had begun to mist over now sparkled brightly with animation.
148.     Her mother _______ her shrill little _______, and Halle saw Sam pull out an animal cracker.
149.     The woman _______, shook out her hair and waved a leathered hand in the air.
150.     She _______ as well, loving the feel of his voice resounding through his chest.
151.     I think a lot of immigration lawyers like myself _______ when we heard about the laxness of our immigration system.
152.     They _______ like men reprieved, and when the bottle of whisky was finished Staten gripping it by the neck flung it far out to sea.
153.     I _______ myself silly over her comparison of children to terrorists, and her tales of her domineering, movie star mother.
154.     I wouldn't say the crowd _______ themselves sick, but I was regretting not bringing the video camera for Kirsty's home videos.
155.     The author's name has caused untold hilarity among Britain's schoolboy humour forum, and I've _______ myself silly.
156.     I suspect that they dare not make the threat plainly because they know they would be _______ out of court.
157.     Anyone who tried to put it into an election manifesto would be _______ out of court.
158.     And then _______ on the other side of his face when my answer turned out to be correct, ahem.
159.     A friend of mine in her 50s who was active in the women's movement through the 70s _______ like a drain when I told her that.
160.     It's so obvious and not even that original but somehow the joke had never occurred to me and I _______ like a drain.
161.     If you'd walked up to me over a year ago and said I will be going to the gym twice a week within a few months, I would have _______ in your face.
162.     He looked back at his friend over his shoulder and _______ a short, hearty _______.
163.     She _______ a tinkling little _______, and I wondered if she even knew about Becca.
164.     Ordinarily, Alexander's slip in the radio studio would be _______ off as a joke.
165.     To say that I have found motherhood fulfilling and rewarding is sneered and _______ at.
166.     All the kids around the playground _______ hysterically at this pathetic joke.
167.     I _______ all the way through and in the end I left the cinema grinning from ear to ear.
168.     As we waited to go out again, we sat in a circle, _______ and ate hot cross buns.
169.     We _______, we flirted and we agreed to continue having the great talks we have together.
170.     He liked the way sometimes a little crease wrinkled the side of her nose when she _______.
171.     He then _______ in a way that sane people do not _______ and asked for ten male volunteers.
172.     She told me herself and I _______ until my eyes leaked tears and my nose leaked snot.
173.     They really _______ and asked some good questions and most of them bought a book.
174.     Kate _______ as she looked at him, wondering just what was going through his mind.
175.     She _______ until the tears attempted to roll up her appley cheeks and she had to beg for mercy.
176.     Will _______ quietly and I looked up to see him nodding, looking at me softly with a smile.
177.     I told her she had already sent one and she _______ and said her memory was going.
178.     The script had jokes in it, you could tell, but no one _______ because of the timing.
179.     Your excitement was infectious as you _______ and gasped as we were whirled and twisted.
180.     Rarely, he remarked afterwards, had an audience _______ so heartily at his jokes.
181.     Amy _______ hysterically at her joke and placed the items on the conveyer belt.
182.     To my horror and amazement, everyone on the boat _______, grabbed their masks and fins and jumped in.
183.     Raymond, enraged at being _______ at, charged forward and tried landing the first strike.
184.     The three of us all _______ at my rather lame joke, then my mother continued conversation.
185.     He shook his head and _______ in merriment as if to smooth Big Freddie's ruffled feathers.
186.     Isabella _______ as she sprayed on her perfume then looped her arm through mine.
187.     I _______ at her comical expression and threw her a bright red sweater with funny loops and dots all over it.
188.     The relatives had all gathered round for one last kind word to them, and many still _______ and joked with rubicund cheeks and loose tongues.
189.     People seem ashamed to voice their religious views for fear of being _______ at.
190.     Money meant that no one _______ behind her back when she called magazines books.
191.     Slight eccentricities are curtailed with gentle mocking, and social aberrations are _______ off the set.
192.     Everyone _______ and chatted as they passed the dishes, a soft breeze from the ocean wafting up the mountainside.
193.     His thin arms waggled around in the air balancing himself on on his stool as he _______ with conviction at everything.
194.     Janelle _______ as Shane and Tristan rehashed old tour memories, hoping she at least looked like she was paying attention.
195.     David _______ at the idea, and Kate seemed to sigh before starting to massage the place at the bridge of her nose where her glasses rest.
196.     He _______ and wandered farther down Moonglow Road until he came to a lone house on the deserted street.
197.     She just _______ and handed me some ointment that I rubbed on and, as I write this, I'm still hobbling around the office.
198.     I then had to lie there, for five minutes, as boys on bikes rode past and _______ at me.
199.     We've _______ at a bloke riding past on a bike and almost falling off as he tried to see through our window.
200.     Taro _______ and then skirted around the edge of the dance floor toward the public water closet.
201.     I _______ out clear and loud, stepped up to the convivialist, took him by the shoulders, and faced him about.
202.     He _______ at the reputation for sacrosanctity which the populace bestowed upon Sunario.
203.     Whereat he _______ and clipt my hand, and swore I was a true soldier and a brave gentleman to boot.
204.     I _______ out clear and loud, stepped up to the convivialist, took him by the shoulders and faced him about.
205.     And while the Colonel _______ at the cuckold, the cuckold _______ at the dupe.
206.     But he, having _______ at love all his life, loved her deeply, desperately.
207.     She proposed that Brian take one carack and she the other, but at this Brian _______.
208.     Her pretty lips _______ as she swam towards him, the sole atom in an immensity of chrysoprase.
209.     They _______ a great deal at this, and it was plain that they were on terms of comradeship.
210.     The uglier the contortion and more frightful the grimace, the louder they _______.
211.     People at court _______ at Teynagel and his mission, and Henry treated him as a crackbrained adventurer.
212.     But, after a moment's pause, he _______ aloud again, and walked on briskly.
213.     The Cytherean gave ready assent to her request, and _______ at the wily invention.
214.     She _______, thinking of delaying dying in her own bed as long as possible.
215.     Bridger just _______ as he saw him come, and he motioned us to let him alone.
216.     But he capered about and danced for glee And _______ and joked at their misery.
217.     Jack _______ at his own phrase, so literally close to the only mode of gaining access to their cellarage in the snow.
218.     Alicia _______ outright, for the butterfly was fluttering in the air above him.
219.     We _______ at him, and advised him to be quiet and put us aboard the privateer.
220.     Kitty _______ merrily at this, and Yates _______ also, for his sense of comradeship was strong.
221.     How this man must have been amused, how consumedly he must have _______ at her!
222.     On that he paused, and after an instant's silence Asad _______ angrily and contemptuously.
223.     Reverdy _______, shaking his head over his plate of bacon and reaching for the corn-pone which Mrs. Braile passed him.
224.     He _______ in my face, and brought forward certain well-known facts in the reproduction of the aphid or cabbage-louse.
225.     But I soon discovered the cause of the sound, and _______ at my own apprehensiveness.
226.     Crispin _______ softly for answer, and besought of him the tale of what had passed.
227.     The lady _______, a _______ as plump and soft and cushiony as the rest of her.
228.     Ted shook his head helplessly, while his sister _______ at his discomfiture.
229.     When he presented himself to Dali Mami with his sum in his hands the renegade cripple only _______ at him.
230.     And then he _______ at the deceptiveness and the wild humor of his own speech.
231.     Bracknell _______ savagely, but the next moment there came an intervention.
232.     Father _______ to hear about Old Wonder Boy, and he says a bragger ought to be _______ at, and bragging is a bad thing.
233.     And her brown eyes ever _______ with the joyousness which comes from health and strength.
234.     He _______, and said that grogo is the name of a big maggot which is found in the Cockarito palm or cabbage tree.
235.     He _______ good-humoredly, and made as if to help Casanova into the carriage.
236.     All the secrets and signs were bandied about and _______ at among the boys.
237.     The big soldier _______, and told his comrades what the bandmaster had said.
238.     Now and then, he _______ in a merry way, as if he were bantering her out of something.
239.     She _______ with an affectionate air, and spoke to him in a friendly, bantering way.
240.     She said we were not descended from the barber-surgeon, and _______ at the Battle of Bosworth.
241.     Then she barked like a dog, and _______ a shrill _______ like a witch, and barked again.
242.     He said this with a leer, and Bax _______ as he inspected Long Orrick more narrowly.
243.     You as well as _______ in his face, while he was suffering agonies from neuralgia.
244.     And I jest _______ in her face and went on to where Abram was waitin' for me.
245.     She _______ her little _______ of pleasure, and thanked him prettily for the compliment.
246.     In spite of herself, Beatrix _______ at the logical application of her metaphor.
247.     She _______ with her whole body and soul, and burst the abscess, and was well.
248.     His relief was so great that, forgetting his own bedraggled condition, he _______.
249.     Brenton _______ at the accent of the compliment which unmistakably was begrudged.
250.     He _______, said he did not know Belasco, but thought he could arrange it for her.
251.     She _______ to belie her words, but the note of agitation was not to be concealed.
252.     They _______ at his notion of it, and Seth Barker sympathetically pegged his belt up one.
253.     How the devil would have _______ at the idea of a society for saving the world!
254.     The cretin, whose eyes caught a glimpse of the cake, _______, and began to try to reach out her hand to take it.
255.     And he _______ with her at the thought of Houston wearing himself to a shadow over books of archeology.
256.     Colonel Deacon, who listened to her every word as to the utterance of a cumaean oracle, _______ with extraordinary approbation.
257.     At Gray's vehement tones the lawyer stuck a thumb in the armhole of his waistcoat, and _______.
258.     The Cyclops tasted the wine and _______ with delight so that the cave shook.
259.     There was something boyish and simple about the action and the tone, and armorer _______.
260.     This was very provoking to Jett, as cats do not like to be _______ at, and she resented it in bimbo.
261.     But I _______ at him and saw his broad paddle stab the water, and the birchen craft shoot out among the reeds.
262.     The right honorable gentleman _______ 'artily, it said, same as they say about royalty.
263.     The carefully groomed, athletically muscled younger man in the big wicker lounging-chair _______ easily.
264.     I wiped it with a tuft of bracken, and I _______ with something of a bitterness.
265.     But having _______ and shamed his age out of one folly, he had the mortification of seeing it run headlong into another.
266.     He _______ at her indignant eyes, touched blue devil with his heel and loped off.
267.     And the child was in high glee and _______ and chattered and knew no difference.
268.     Freddy _______, even as he looked apprehensively over the sailplane's side.
269.     Reaction set in and Dave _______ hysterically, and tore at his safety belt buckles.
270.     If such infantile hyperbole doesn't have you _______ like a drain, you haven't a hope of wading through this somewhat too hefty book.
271.     The roly-poly, _______ baby who, come to think of it, looks remarkably like a little Buddha.
272.     Sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit but these had me and The Doctor _______ like a drain in bed last night.
273.     I think that for some time now they have been _______ on the other side of their face.
274.     Their _______ter was uproarious, but I think that for some time now they have been _______ on the other side of their face.
275.     I tried to listen for them, but it was too difficult to hear over the people _______ and having fun.
276.     When my vision finally cleared enough to get a good look at the culprit, I focused in on the store manager who was _______ herself silly.
277.     He seemed to be _______ himself silly at some of the jokes at his expense, but it may be that he's a good enough actor to fake enjoyment.
278.     Jon and I have been watching this show every week with splendid abandon, _______ ourselves silly at a safe distance.
279.     So naturally when the arbitrators of the labour dispute committee heard the case, they couldn't help _______ either.
280.     Deep down, we suspect those we grant our patronage to are secretly _______ up their sleeves at us even as we enrich them.
281.     Some of my pals are starting to wonder if Mother Nature has been _______ up her sleeve at them all this time.
282.     I reached up, _______ a little, and wiped a smudge of my pale pink lipstick off his face.
283.     Little did I know at the time how my manager and new co-workers were _______ up their sleeves.
284.     By this time I was _______ out loud as I watched their man being clearly taken for an April Fool.
285.     The troops like to joke that every chapatti they eat costs 40 rupees but winter life on the heights is no _______ matter.
286.     However, I must say that, you know, I always _______ with him, but his policies are no _______ matter.
287.     Well-timed equipment fires may be a standing industry joke, but the reality is no _______ matter.
288.     These ominous odes rumble like the storm clouds before the apocalypse and will have you _______ and crying at the same time.
289.     For some reason, that set them both off once more and they started _______ like crazy.
290.     Stalking is no _______ matter, especially when a crazy person is threatening to make Welsh rabbit out of one of our national treasures.
291.     We took special glee in _______ at all the ice-skaters' hilarious rig-outs and the obscure terminology that seems to go with that activity.
292.     We were talking and _______ about things, so that there was a little bit of lightness in the room, even if he didn't respond to it.
293.     The collisions of their world-views are the engine of the comedy, and the product is pure _______ gas, an unalloyed joy to read.
294.     A fuel tank about six feet in diameter at the center of the craft holds liquid nitrous oxide, also known as _______ gas.
295.     They were _______ hysterically and acting like they had probably breathed in _______ gas.
296.     These girls were _______ around me and I was _______ too but it was a rictus smile.
297.     Nitrous oxide, or _______ gas, is replacing the After Eight as the post-dinner treat in some circles.
298.     She is smiling in a swimsuit, or rather _______, and her eyes are alive with life.
299.     She looked like she was fed _______ gas involuntarily to the point where she couldn't be happier.
300.     We agreed that I would bring the clams and he would bring the _______ gas.
301.     That said, Liam sounds rejuvenated on the albums title track, excited to get his _______ gear round a song worth singing.
302.     I virtually bit the waiter's hand off, so eager was I to get my _______ gear around the chef's petits fours.
303.     During the day, the steak sandwich is massive and takes some hefty _______ gear to get a full bite.
304.     Three teenage girls fell about _______ and started shrieking ribald comments.
305.     Across the tiled floor they saw nothing but the _______ sun's reflection through colored glass rhombuses.
306.     The farce is in the hysterical-absurdist mode, leaping from excess to excess, part souped-up gazelle, part nastily _______ hyena.
307.     His is the voice behind the indirect discourse that perceives them as _______ hyenas.
308.     I've always been a big fan of the show and can rewatch episodes endlessly and always find myself _______.
309.     Tarantino is happy to have his audience _______ one moment and revolted the next.
310.     At present there is not a magpie or _______ jackass within miles of the town, even tame birds being shot at if they are permitted any liberty.
311.     The screen then fills with a close-up of her _______ face before a complete fade.
312.     We knew we were in for a lashing from the press because to lose to the USA made us the _______ stocks of the game and really it was dismal.
313.     The place was packed, we drank beer, ate chips and crab sticks, indulged in much drunken revelry with loads of _______ friends.
314.     Countries once considered _______ stocks are now financial powerhouses and with that comes opportunities for investors.
315.     Both are totally discredited _______ stocks that add to the variety of political life.
316.     They may agree that everyone's doing it nowadays, but they're still _______ behind your back.
317.     Secrets, lies, scandals, corruption, bribery and pretensions have made a _______ stock of Indian cricket.
318.     The green hills are a-quiver with babblers, bushchats, bulbuls, barbets, crow pheasants, and the _______ thrush of the Palni hills.
319.     I've heard her _______ loudly in bars, seen her drinking vodka, lime and soda on cramped dance floors, seen her queuing outside West End clubs.
320.     They both got their lemonades and were done _______ when Kylie and Belle returned.
321.     Drew _______ softly to herself, a _______ that made Devlin wonder if she was _______ at him.
322.     Once resurfacing from the water, hair in his eyes, he could see Jo _______, not so discreetly slapping her thigh in mirth.
323.     Maybe it was the fact that we sat in the middle of the room, talking quite animatedly, loud and _______ a lot, that scared them away.
324.     It was of a tousle-haired blond boy, with sharp, angular features and _______ eyes.
325.     I was leaning against my door for support, because I was really weak from a lack of air from _______ so much.
326.     Zack was fascinated with the baby geese, _______ at their ungainly waddle, watching them as they foraged through the grass.
327.     I had a major operation so I was a bit low, but within a day of surgery we were _______ and joking.
328.     The illusion had worked perfectly, though it'd been hard to keep himself from _______ when he beat the tar out of him.
329.     Jimmy knows that he has a gift, and I asked him what the magic ingredient is to keep people _______.
330.     Ruby and Tara were having the time of their lives, watching out the window and _______, but I didn't dare open my eyes still.
331.     I tried not to smile as I gave him a quick jab in the stomach, but in the end we were both _______.
332.     Sadly, the paper creation was knocked out of her hands as Kami rode past on her expensive two-wheeler, pedaling and _______ like a madwoman.
333.     Well I'm sure they will be _______ if we pick him, but not because of his jolly japes.
334.     There are many Liverpool fans who will have spent the last week _______ uproariously at the madness of it all.
335.     Serena and I both pulled back, startled, and then watched in awe as they both started _______.
336.     We moved back to the bar joking and _______, and ordered drinks to quench our thirst.
337.     By now, everyone along the wide corridor was chucking very hurtful comments at me, all _______ like madmen or madwomen.
338.     A new chain of cheering started and men began to crowd Tristan and pat him on the back, _______ and jeering.
339.     She had stopped to listen and offer words of advice, but the other members of that clique had stepped out of the shadows, _______ and jeering.
340.     At this point even the reserved Sean could not restrain himself from bursting out _______.
341.     Turning back, I let Charles lead the way, _______ along with him and feeling the chilly wind on my damp skin.
342.     We feel free to _______ at his anarchic humour because we can feel we're _______ at fascism and the human stupidity that reinforces fascism.
343.     There is an amused glimmer to his eyes and his lips quirk upwards, as if he is _______ at a private joke.
344.     I was still _______, and she merely huffed and pretended to act mad by turning her head away from me.
345.     The class was _______ hysterically and Bree whirled around and yelled at them to rack off.
346.     Drew and Seigi dashed out and hurried towards their fathers, calling and _______ as they ran.
347.     A great round of applause sounded, and she tried to stand up and take a bow, but fell to the ground _______.
348.     He would be _______ and joking one moment and then totally different the next.
349.     We all climbed down the steps leading to the club underground, _______ and joking the whole way.
350.     There was no stopping the _______ machine and people _______ till their eyes watered and jaws literally ached.
351.     There were children running around, _______ and chasing each other in a game that looked like tag.
352.     He's _______ down the phone and it's a pity I can't see him smile, because on his dust-jackets he looks such a jolly fellow.
353.     Oh, it's been a jolly time, all those years _______ and talking and partying with Steve.
354.     The boy's so wired up he wants to hit him but the mate is _______ and joshing with him.
355.     Soon enough we were _______ and joshing and teasing our way along once more, the way we do.
356.     Wlodek is a gentle man with _______ eyes, but there is a deep well of emotion when he talks.
357.     Then he burst out _______, and embraced the great designer, congratulating him on his audacity and courage.
358.     She hit him on the shoulder lightly in reproof before _______ slightly before she realized that hurt her side even more.
359.     Then we turned round and his missus had returned and was wetting herself _______ at us.
360.     He was having a whale of a time, _______ with his mates, and buying drinks for all of them.
361.     Every time he appeared on screen, with his ramrod straight posture and gaze of steel, my friends and I would burst out _______.
362.     Wander among the trees at sunset, with the birds wheeling and whistling overhead, and see if you don't hear the sound of children _______.
363.     Her shoulders dropped three inches as she sagged against the doorway, shaking her head and _______ a little.
364.     We had been talking and _______ a great deal for more than half an hour when suddenly the lady burst into tears.
365.     She and I were _______ and joking as the car whipped round curves at 70 mph.
366.     Rendezvous Bay stretches for 2 miles, and the nearby salt ponds attract whistling ducks, _______ gulls and other birds.
367.     Two waiters come running, but the girls are deep into battle now, _______ raucously as the entire restaurant turns to look.
368.     Your cackles filling the room, you just sat there _______ and raving like a lunatic.
369.     They hailed him, and he answered, _______ boisterously and long, so that they glanced after him in surprise.
370.     Drew has keeled over to one side of the sofa and is _______ hysterically into the cushions.
371.     Each poster featured three women _______, one of whom had a glass of wine in her hand.
372.     So riding the luge is a mixture of falling down a hill and _______ while doing so, and pushing and pulling handlebars.
373.     He flew three times widdershins round the garden before stealing the gift of speech from Sister Sun, then escaped, _______.
374.     That is why they give awards for acting, not for crying or _______ at will.
375.     The sounds of _______ter echoed in his head and the images of men _______ flashed across his eyes.
376.     Alex reassured him with a smile, and then lifted the _______ child into his arms.
377.     Before long, Lindsey had Kyle _______ again and made him put the thought of his mother's face streaming with tears in the back of his mind.
378.     We knew it and it always ended up with the two of us killing ourselves _______ at each other as we would both give in at the same time.
379.     The schedulers must have been killing themselves _______ when they thought of that little wheeze.
380.     The only reason I remembered the weird ones was because I killed myself _______ when I re-read the list in the car on the way here.
381.     I start reliving my memories of one-on-one hockey games with David, the _______, the smiling, the teaching, those were the days.
382.     If I write a funny line and kill myself _______ over it, I guarantee you it's not funny.
383.     When I first did a read-through round at John's house, we had to keep stopping because I was just killing myself _______.
384.     If you said to me during pre-season that this would happen I'd have killed myself _______, everything was going really well.
385.     What makes it even better is I know she would have been killing herself _______ as she packed it.
386.     When the wind rustled through the leaves it reminded her of her brothers _______.
387.     I can't help _______ at a pimp who is swearing by the curb, wiping dog poo off his pointed boot into the gutter.
388.     The dream quickly turned into a nightmare as poor reliability on the track and fierce internal squabbling made the team a _______ stock.
389.     She suggests to Zoe that she does a runner before her trial, and despite initially _______ off the idea she begins to consider it as an option.
390.     She totally wiped the floor with him, and it was a delight to hear all the other passengers _______ and cheering.
391.     We lay fully clothed on adjacent mattresses while _______ tribeswomen ironed every kink out of our puffy Western bodies.
392.     He turns to Cymry and widens his eyes, giving her such a droll, woeful and aghast look all in one that she starts _______ anew.
393.     We had many scenes that were not knee-slappers, but in between takes he would have me _______ so hard that I could relax.
394.     So one of these rednecks tells a racist joke and they're all _______, except the big guy.
395.     A small knot of men standing in front of J.R.'s split in two to get out of our way, _______ at us and pointing.
396.     He worked the crowd brilliantly, and was to keep everyone _______ through what proved a long night.
397.     It's the sort of humour where you know you shouldn't really be _______ as the characters are very near the knuckle.
398.     By the time we got to his car we were both _______ and out of breath, and had to collapse against the doors.
399.     There are nearly 200 knights, lords, and their ladies milling about, conversing, boasting, _______.
400.     Other birds include a huge American bald eagle called Liberty, buzzards, Harris hawks, vultures, _______ kookaburras and a pelican.
401.     The visitation staff initially looked askance at the brouhaha, but they ended up _______ hysterically at the bizarre display.
402.     After a couple of pints we began to loosen up and we had a great night talking rubbish and joking and _______.
403.     This country is going crazy with its political correctness and health and safety issues and it's making a _______ stock out of us.
404.     People with hemorrhoids have been stereotyped by the comics or comedians to be _______ stocks.
405.     Telling your friend that she can't sing now might save her from becoming the _______ stock on the college cultural meet.
406.     We are the _______ stock of Europe with our ridiculously high prices for everything and our stupid infantile government.
407.     He could see quite a few sailors, _______, smoking and drinking foaming pints of ale.
408.     We both started _______ and getting into this huge pillow fight when all of a sudden we started wrestling on the ground!
409.     They almost oscillate between the witty and tragic, and I found myself _______ and then writhing with discomfort.
410.     Having been born with the gift of _______ter, let us seriously learn the art of _______.
411.     Few places are so alive with children smiling, _______ and throwing up in giant rotating teacups.
412.     The black-haired boy stared at me for a moment, awe registering in his eyes, before his grin grew too wide, and he started _______.
413.     She and her all-American football star were _______ at a joke Rob had just told.
414.     We spend a lot of time in rehearsal on the floor _______ our heads off, making discoveries, trying things.
415.     A group of rough looking men sat around a fire, drinking and _______ heartily.
416.     Daly is _______ as he speaks, but those around him take his words extremely seriously.
417.     They enjoyed a perfect dinner later that night, _______ and rejoicing at the sight of her home.
418.     The people were inside and the radio was turned up loud to drown out the din of the men yelling and _______ as they drank coffee and beer.
419.     I was _______ to myself about our attempts to be the alpha male over something so trivial.
420.     She yelped a little and threw her face back into her hands, and burst out _______.
421.     I pass a rabble of rampant orange-clad Dutch fans dressed as boy scouts wearing huge cartoon clogs, larging it up, singing and _______.
422.     She is plaiting Duck's hair into dreads for the performance and _______ and joking, playing around on the lighting deck.
423.     It was so vile, so yucky, so out of character and so outrageous that Marky almost had a fit from _______.
424.     Anyone who had spent a bomb on a just-for-the-occasion dress would have been the _______ stock at the gathering.
425.     I will think of her _______ at the ridiculousness of what we're both doing.
426.     Avoiding, dismissing or _______ them off on a consistent basis means that many important issues go unresolved.
427.     I was away _______ really, because two of the literature questions were about kid's books!
428.     They just needed a little bit of motivation, a bit of that experience, and they've been away _______.
429.     A good greasy feed and bit of ice cream in the morning and I'm away _______!
430.     I was _______ as well, still unable to believe that I had such a gorgeous chain and locket around my neck.
431.     And it looks like the show's top advertisers are _______ all the way to the bank.
432.     For themselves, they're grabbing as much as they can, as fast as they can, any way that they can, and _______ all the way to the bank.
433.     And, if tourists come as thick and fast as those visiting cards, Kerala tourism industry will be _______ all the way to the bank.
434.     We walked down together arm in arm and soon were _______ together in the old way.
435.     Whoever came up with the idea of creating special occasions, such as Father's Day, must be _______ all the way to the bank.
436.     Nowhere is this more obvious than in the ronde they perform, _______ and prancing in a circle of demonic light.
437.     And this time, instead of having the feeling of one person looking at you, it seemed like the whole world was staring and _______ in my face.
438.     This is right by the place where justice is supposed to be served and yet they're _______ in its face.
439.     She had retaliated by pretending not to notice, chatting enthusiastically with Colin and _______ whenever he said even the slightest thing funny.
440.     She insists, _______, that her grandfather looked better in his britches than Adolf Hitler did in his.
441.     Nitrous oxide, otherwise known as _______ gas, gives one an exhilarating feeling while operating as an anesthetic.
442.     It was a barn-burner, which had the crowd _______ and cheering at his challenges to mainstream media.
443.     We spent every waking moment together, talking and _______.
444.     I couldn't help _______ at his abrupt, gruff delivery of the estimate.
445.     Just a few episodes before we were _______ and playing charades, and now I have to knock her out.
446.     But the overwhelming impression, reinforced by the river's constant _______ and quarrelling beside you, is of nature's profusion, of its own abundance.
447.     It paid tribute to the greats that came before it, all while _______ at itself and chronicling a legendary friendship.
448.     We saw a group of young stewards sitting by the grass verge _______ and enjoying the sun instead of directing the traffic and ensuring drivers did not queue-jump.
449.     He tried to appear serious for a second but then broke down _______.
450.     She _______, radiant in her self-satisfaction, shielded by a hard hide and chutzpa from charges of vulgarity, greed or egomania.
451.     However, the serious subject matter is often played for _______ rather than the absurdism it requires.
452.     Following the fortunes of a gang losers, wasters and thieves on a near-derelict council estate might not seem like a barrel of _______.
453.     I am far more nervous than they are and there are quite a few _______ when they see this gangly fellow mixed in with them.
454.     All these people their fake, their smiles and _______ were all pretend, just an act to cover up reality.
455.     A disparate group meeting for weekly tap dance lessons might not sound like a barrel of _______ but that's exactly what Stepping Out is.
456.     Ranji David is Appu, Rashmi Kothari and 13 others join in to make up a dramatic interplay of _______ and guffaws, back talks and whatnots.
457.     The women were all in sequins and diamonds and they smoked cigarettes and had raspy voices and husky _______.
458.     He _______ as he says it, but he actually does have the air of a kid who's gotten away with something.
459.     Two teams battle for _______ and points as they make up scenes, games and songs on the spot.
460.     They wound me up about the result, we had a few drinks and we shared some _______.
461.     Such rote interpretative strategies betray a lack of imagination, like the cocktail-party boor who _______ at every wisecrack.
462.     She knew that if she poised her _______ right, she sounded sophisticated and worldly.
463.     Being a white-headed wrinklie, as Australians call us old folks, I now feel the _______ bubbling up the way they have most of my 76 years.
464.     Loud shouts, yells, and _______ ran from the tavern and out onto the street, disturbing the town's late night silence.
465.     The plain card _______ at you, symbolically suggesting that it's a fleeting moment of happiness.
466.     I am aided along this expressway to embarrassment by Alec, who either makes things worse or _______ at me.
467.     The only problem is that I have to walk with my legs apart and I look like an idiot that way and everyone looks at me and _______ at me.
468.     My husband _______ at me because I put our children's clothes on the radiator to warm in winter but it is a habit I picked up from my mother.
469.     If your guidance counselor _______ at you because of what your hope for a career is, ignore them.
470.     It was a local story that inspired the poem about a drunken farmer who _______ at the devil and only just escapes.
471.     He never seems to notice, he shrugs, _______ it off, but she smiles at these women, at every one, she smiles into their eyes.
472.     But his plan became clear as she started bursting out with guffaws and _______ and giggles when he tickled her.
473.     Trying to make the audience _______ is perhaps not much more difficult than trying to explain why it _______.
474.     He showed his sense of humour and gave the public plenty of _______ along the way.
475.     The bishop has moral authority over his priests, but if one of them _______ in his face, that moral authority is useless.
476.     Unfortunately, this young cast steers it further into caricature, playing the sexual repression and racism for light _______.
477.     They feel that I want to play certain scenes for _______ rather than emphasising the seriousness of the situation.
478.     The original surf movies basically played the formula for _______, with a few cheap thrills mixed in.
479.     Rock seems uneasy carrying a semi-serious role, and can't conceal his natural urge to play every situation for _______.
480.     Instead he plays it for _______, as perky one-liners replace probing dialogue.
481.     Learning from experience, we have adopted a highly conservative approach to fiction and mostly play it for _______.
482.     And while most of the characters are played for _______, there are some truly poignant moments in this story.
483.     Ryo, the main character, is perpetually hot to trot, and his lecherousness is played for _______, but that's about it.
484.     In other words, I reverted to a song when I wasn't getting any _______, which was more often than I care to remember.
485.     The belly _______ provoked by that rib-tickler have put the entire main island of Japan on tsunami alert.
486.     After a slightly slow start the audience did begin to warm up and there were some big _______ and rounds of applause.
487.     The odds are that, whoever romps home to victory, there'll be plenty of _______ along the way.
488.     Made in a pre-CGI age, it all looks a little ropey, with the fight scenes played for _______ out of necessity.
489.     She _______ and says she has longed for the ring for a great time and wished to take it.
490.     Instead, it's got four good dances, a few good _______, and not a few longueurs.
491.     They are constantly aware that they are in the midst of a movie, and some of the funniest _______ come from their asides to the audience.
492.     Your column gave me a lotta _______, but I'm also ambivalent over the whole anti-bullying curriculum.
493.     Robin _______ non-stop day and night, pausing only for meals and medication breaks.
494.     He _______ at his own contradictions, a lot more comfortable in his own skin these days.
495.     My guess is Mike just sits and _______ when he sees you posting taking the time to reply every once in a while just for the lulz.
496.     Then you exploit their insecurities to get an insane amount of drama, _______ and lulz.
497.     He got lots of _______ when he recalled a story of how he could hardly talk English after linking up with him.
498.     Lots of future campaign speculation, loads of _______, food and music were on tap for the gathering of women movers and shakers.
499.     He is certainly not above getting _______ out of the sheer awfulness of his characters' tastes and habits.
500.     He slouches in his chair, he _______ at his own jokes, he makes fun of himself, he kids around with his subordinates.
501.     From sci-fi stuff to lots of _______ to reality shows with a twist, it's couch potato heaven.
502.     There are _______ to be had from the updated text, and Shakespeare's basic story is as entertaining as ever.
503.     Hoffman and Reilly squeeze all the legitimate, and many illegitimate, _______ out of the text.
504.     For a barrel of _______, go and see this likeable duo as they entertain and exchange banter across a farm fence.
505.     However, whenever the subject of marriage comes up, Bob says he's been there, done that, _______, and changes the subject.
506.     He guides you to long satisfying _______ or giddy giggles, while the rest of the cast scares you into sharp barks of _______ter.
507.     The heavy bass of the music, combined with the shrieking _______ of drunk girls reminds me of why I like to avoid parties.
508.     When Donna Hazelton _______, I hear a deep, throaty noise that I recognise instantly.
509.     It's self-deprecating and he _______ about it, but I think there are two things I'd say.
510.     Any time things got serious I could pull back and allow for some _______, which was really a way to distance people.
511.     He didn't win, but he did gain a few _______, thus setting in motion a phenomenal career.
512.     There are some _______ to be had here, but they are islands in a becalmed ocean.
513.     The fact that he always _______ over the book, shows what a fraud his professed belief in the separableness of mind and body actually is.
514.     You will be giving a lot of _______, smiles, giggles, chuckles, hoots, snorts, cackle, titters, grins and guffaws.
515.     All I really want when I venture out at weekends is a few quiet beers, a bit of mickey taking and a few _______.
516.     But while these are serio-comic documentaries, The Son's Room is not played for so many _______.
517.     The figure _______ and I cringe at the raucous, metallic sound that sounds from the image of my mouth.
518.     He _______ when he explains all the rail franchises were awarded on the understanding that passenger traffic would contract each year.
519.     He _______, mocking the pose a Shakespearean actor might take during a particularly tragic scene.
520.     Unfortunately the formula that produces big _______ on screen is somewhat less amusing for the fans of this latter long-running tragicomedy.
521.     If you want more than a half dozen _______ over 90 minutes from your comedy, you are shizzle out of luck.
522.     Our go-to funnyman is back, and besides the _______, we've even got some NYE outfit ideas for you that are shoppable below!
523.     Requests new to the circle brought about plenty of _______, with the rope trick, songs and jokes.
524.     In other words, it's the mixture as before, with few surprises but lots of _______.
525.     For a play involving such grotesque and bizarre subject matter, it sure got a lot of _______!
526.     He's a goofball guerrilla reporter who's drawn _______, confusion and bizarro quotes from politicians, movie stars and big-time musicians.
527.     He _______ at that, but you can't help thinking there is an element of truth in that suggestion.
528.     The filmmakers may not be the Zucker brothers, but at least they know how to get a few _______ out of mondo tomatoes on the loose.
529.     It has some solid performances, a few _______ and a likable cast of characters.
530.     Despite the _______ though, many might not find it as side-splitting as the first hilarious instalment.
531.     This is not a monochromatically somber piece, but a suspenseful slice of unvarnished life, mixing anguish and grief with smiles and _______.
532.     Instead of witty banter, lines are delivered blandly, leaving little room for _______ or sexual tension.
533.     However all is not quite as it seems, and the audience is taken on a journey of twists and turns, with _______ and a few surprises along the way.
534.     I did not walk into the cafeteria to _______ and heckles, no one got in my face.
535.     He blows harder and harder, everybody _______ in anticipation, and the balloon busts with a big bang right in his face.
536.     Sterling sneaks a sip of his sponsor's product, uncaps his Sharpie one more time and _______.
537.     Something like Mouse Hunt gets boffo _______ with scenes where a cupboard takes three shots to fall on Lee Evans.
538.     Fortunately the giggles from the Thai ladies and boisterous _______ from the lads who were nearby painted a different picture.
539.     Popular boofhead humour gameshow returns and we may need the _______ after the evening's earlier Election Debate at 7.00 pm.
540.     These drops are expelled when the infected person talks, _______, sneezes, or coughs.
541.     While this story is not entirely without gaping plot holes or rampant silliness, it should at least provoke a good supply of _______ and snickers.
542.     His unsurpassed resilience to Hollywood's finest voice coaches may get _______ from the critics, but also works in his favour.
543.     The greatest _______ come when we realise the full banality of virtual conversations, when spoken out loud.
544.     In a scene played for _______, he even watches a video about voodoo so he can render her powerless to resist his advances.
545.     But life has not always been a bundle of _______ and he has struggled to overcome some bad times.
546.     It's not a very interesting site but the topic of software is rarely a bundle of _______ and it does the job it sets out to do.
547.     I mean, it's obviously not a bundle of _______ and you don't go round kicking up your heels and thinking, tra la-la, how lovely.
548.     Manic depression might not be a bundle of _______, but an hour in the company of a Coked-up Carrie Fisher certainly is.
549.     So many spoofs today make only token gestures towards the genre they're aping, then look for _______ in deliberate anachronisms.
550.     One of the conclusions hits the spot, but the others, while funny, are sitcom _______.
551.     I'm sorry, but she _______ in her sleep and can never remember the joke in the morning.
552.     He _______ recalling one stressful day when he ended up smoking in the back garden and heard the bathroom window squeaking open.
553.     He looks at Natasha, who squints her eyes and pouts, then _______, hands on hips.
554.     He's really quiet and doesn't say anything, but when he _______ it's this really loud scary cackle.
555.     It is the camerawork in this film, however, that is granted the smartest trickery, gets the best _______, and the cleverest lines.
556.     Indeed, it was a star-studded gala event filled with _______, tears, tickles, and fears.
557.     If you want a fun flick with a lot of _______ and a killer Canuck soundtrack, you will not be disappointed.
558.     The script also lays out a plethora of supermodel stereotypes for quick _______.
559.     Its richness is strong but understated, and the Old Rose red is a special colour hue that just _______ at yearly trends and fads.
560.     He has a reputation for being careful with money, but not with time and _______.
561.     All us omniscient narrators were getting together to have a few _______ and a few drinks.
562.     He has hazel coloured eyes that actually light up every time he smiles or _______.
563.     He _______ heartily, he has a slue of female friends, including myself, and he genuinely cares about all of us.
564.     The ruffian casual _______ at him, and sings funny and oftentimes libellous songs concerning him as he breaks stones or picks oakum.
565.     Sam smiled a bit as the rest offered their own strained smiles and _______ to his amusing but rather frighteningly honest statement.
566.     There are several hearty _______ to be had, and the hesitations and flubbed lines of opening night will surely disappear as the run continues.
567.     He regularly attempted to embarrass me during classes to get _______ from the dumb jocks, but I usually outsmarted him.
568.     The record is harder, more serious, but then its subject matter is hardly a barrel of _______.
569.     She gets applause, ovations, and _______, but it's important to remember that those in the audience share her views.
570.     When I'm tickling her tummy and she _______ hilariously, with her whole body.
571.     This puppet show was a big hit at the Fringe, combining music, song and _______.
572.     Most of them are using that trick for cheap _______, while he earned those _______ the hard way.
573.     It hurts, but now I just remind myself that they don't know anything about me, and that I am worth more than their cheap _______.
574.     Here was I, cheeky Emma Kennedy, about to have to do some proper acting with no _______ attached.
575.     A theatre full of modern-day hyperactive children still _______ and cheers at all the right places.
576.     The cult fiction collection presents four cheeseball attempts at low-budget horror that purposely elicit more _______ than chills.
577.     He is fine company and _______ chestily at times, even if for the most part he assumes the patented demeanour of the serious, centred actor.
578.     Marjorie Campbell plays a sour and surly chambermaid that scores _______ galore.
579.     Cheap _______ were hard to come by, and the crashing economy seemed to be turning all Hong Kong films into horror movies.
580.     Ethan _______ a long horse _______ that is entirely inappropriate but fits with his racism.
581.     My trepidation gave way to guilty chuckles, then belly _______ and then genuine admiration.
582.     Bogosian knows how to prime his audience with some chuckles, and then goad them into a few uneasy _______.
583.     He's a chuckler, and something of a giggler, and it has that infectious quality that the best _______ have.
584.     Mum perches on the edge of Thomas's bed and _______ at the outrageous situation we've found ourselves in.
585.     This humorous play has a serious undercurrent and will give audiences as much food for thought as it does _______.
586.     It's a slight premise, but it's played for _______ throughout, pastiching not only the TV show, but the buddy genre and the Seventies in general.
587.     It had _______ and characters, and moments of what could almost be called pathos.
588.     They clinked the elegant crystal glasses together and the whole night consisted of _______ and champagne.
589.     His timing remained exquisite, expertly coaxing _______ from the bleakest onscreen situation.
590.     While this received plenty of _______, the combative chairman was not amused as will be revealed later.
591.     It may have been written in a comic style, but it's hardly the barrel of _______ the reviewers make it out to be.
592.     It seemed that somehow, amidst the reminiscing, the _______, and an indeterminable amount of liquor, he and Jessie had fallen asleep.
593.     It ends up being just another competently made, untaxing, light as candy-floss action film with a few _______ thrown in for good measure.
594.     The actors assimilate the cringe-worthy lines with great skill and finesse, so that the audience _______ rather than groans.
595.     The fact he is playing it for _______ and playing it straight at the same time is on occasion an unsettling twist.
596.     When the legislature _______ at him and starts playing games, he's not going to get it.
597.     We had some _______ as we reminisced of old times and got caught up with news of family members that we have lost contact with.
598.     Eager to please, it goes for easy _______, reinforcing rather than challenging stereotypes.
599.     The film has plenty of heart, plenty of style, and a fistful of solid _______.
600.     I suspect this remake, now satirising post-feminist America and suburban life itself, may raise more _______ here than on its home turf.
601.     Kerry leans his head back and _______ heartily, because he's having fun, you know?
602.     The film looks fresh and trips the light fantastic, it's fun, breezy and full of _______.
603.     When I felt he was out of earshot, I burst into a fit of _______ and Danny did the same.
604.     Sometimes he _______ for no earthly reason, and one feels sorry at being not able to join him.
605.     Caidryn _______ bitterly, the angry bruise on her face darkening her features even further.
606.     Anyway, thanks for the _______, and I look forward to reading the next journal and next gazette.
607.     Unfortunately, like all spring getaways, this trip of _______ and fun in the sun is ultimately a short and abbreviated one.
608.     I could hear kids at the top of the hill just up the road from where I was, their _______ and giggles making me want to join them.
609.     Alison found this just hilarious and her bubbly giggles had graduated to full blown belly _______.


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