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Humour Refer Amusing Things People Good Determination Source

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You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their h_____ .You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour .
Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.
word humour
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noun
You can refer to the amusing things that people say as their humour .
Her humour and determination were a source of inspiration to others.
Humour is a quality in something that makes you laugh, for example in a situation, in someone's words or actions, or in a book or film.
She felt sorry for the man but couldn't ignore the humour of the situation.
If you are in a good humour, you feel cheerful and happy, and are pleasant to people. If you are in a bad humour, you feel bad-tempered and unhappy, and are unpleasant to people.
Christina was still not clear why he had been in such ill humour.
Next day, Louis XIV was in the best of humours.
If you do something with good humour, you do it cheerfully and pleasantly.
Hugo bore his illness with great courage and good humour.
verb
If you humour someone who is behaving strangely, you try to please them or pretend to agree with them, so that they will not become upset .
She will actually sit and watch them with me, to humour me.
inflections humourshumouringhumoured
cefr-level B2

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