Egyptians jokingly called him " the spare tire . "
埃及人开玩笑地称他为“后备轮胎”。
The teacher jokingly asked an accompanying guide how he could emigrate to north korea .
他还开玩笑地问一位陪同导游，他要怎样才能移民朝鲜。
One japanese diplomat , half jokingly , called the test " a gift " from kim jong-il , north korea 's dictator .
一位日本外交官半开玩笑地把核试称为朝鲜独裁者金正日（kimjong-il）的“一份礼物”。
From the blasted tents at everest , he wrote to his daughters half jokingly about the tea parties and cake he was enjoying , even as frost-bitten sherpas were dying around him .
He jokingly compares the first couple of weeks to heroin withdrawal symptoms , and " couldn 't believe that if something was getting on my nerves , I couldn 't just change it . "
