English in context

workshop

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 Let’s identify the
meaning of English jokes

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What is the room that
ghosts are afraid of?

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What is the room that
ghosts are afraid of?
-The living room.

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What is the room that
ghosts are afraid of?
-The living room.
Living has to do with something that is alive
and ghosts are dead, that’s why they are
scared of living rooms. Maybe they are afraid
of coming back to live or being caught.

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1.
What’s the best thing
about Switzerland?
-I don’t know, but the flag is a big plus.

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2.
I invented a new word!
Wanna know what it is?
-Plagiarism!

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3.
What do you call an ant
who fights crime?
-A vigilANTe!

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4.
Why do we tell actors to
“break a leg?”
-Because every play has a cast.

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5.
Helvetica and Times New
Roman walk into a bar.
-“Get out of here!” shouts the
bartender. “We don’t serve your type.”

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6.
Yesterday I saw a guy
spill all his Scrabble
letters on the road. I
asked him, “What’s the
word on the street?”
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7.
Hear about the new
restaurant called Karma?
There’s no menu: You get
what you deserve.
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8. A woman in labor suddenly
shouted, “Shouldn’t!
Wouldn’t! Couldn’t! Didn’t!
Can’t!”
“Don’t worry,” said the doc.
“Those are just contractions.”
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9.
Did you hear about the actor
who fell through the
floorboards?
He was just going through a
stage.
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10.
Did you hear about the
claustrophobic astronaut?
He just needed a little space.

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11.
Why don’t scientists trust
atoms?
Because they make up
everything.
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12.
Why can’t you explain
puns to kleptomaniacs?
-They always take things literally.

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13.
A man tells his doctor
-“Doc, help me. I’m addicted
to Twitter!”
The doctor replies, “Sorry, I
don’t follow you …”
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14.
Why should the number
288 never be mentioned?
-It’s too gross.

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15.
What did the left eye say
to the right eye?
-Between you and me, something smells.

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