| query | If people l____ at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them.If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly. She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting. |
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| word | laugh |
| full-definition | verb When you laugh, you make a sound with your throat while smiling and show that you are happy or amused . People also sometimes laugh when they feel nervous or are being unfriendly . He was about to offer an explanation, but she was beginning to laugh. He laughed with pleasure when people said he looked like his dad. The British don't laugh at the same jokes as the French. 'I'll be astonished if I win on Sunday,' laughed Lyle. Lysenko gave a deep rumbling laugh at his own joke. If people laugh at someone or something, they mock them or make jokes about them. I thought they were laughing at me because I was ugly. She wanted to laugh at the melodramatic way he was acting. |
| inflections | laughslaughinglaughed |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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