More than two dozen witnesses then stood and spoke, offering testaments that ranged from prayerful benedictions to songs and light-hearted jests.
2. J-E-S-T Jest, jest, jest.
Harmonies are curdled, melodies gleefully smeared, but Schnittke's hand is always light, his sense of jest palpable.
George Sanders as the emperor is certainly ponderous, and Marge and Gower Champion, who dance and sing, are not in their lightest vein.The spirit of jest is indicated but barely perceptible in this musical film.
Of course, this agreement was a light hearted one, made in jest before she went into do press rounds for "Bees".
Hlinka keeps the mood light, Barnaby said, by exchanging jests, by maintaining an upbeat disposition and speaking English most of the time.
While this "in jest" comment seems to make light of the issue, he does go on to say that, "[t]he management team once aware of the incident did take immediate and appropriate actions".
The custom was started as a jest, when mushers joked that stragglers needed a lamp to light the way.
Or how about eye contact?" Here his jest is a beat to set off a moment of blatant idiocy, a light goof to ward off despair, a flash of charm to encourage us forward.
I asked my dear friend, in jest, "Why didn't they just call Kentucky 'Very West Virginia'?" "It is uncouth to make such light comments in the wake of something as dark as a massacre, Watson".
