Was joking (fr. Plaisantait)

Translation into English

Abordant la diversité de la vie sur Terre, Dobzhansky demande si Dieu plaisantait quand il a créé des espèces différentes pour des environnements différents.
Addressing the diversity of life on Earth, Dobzhansky asks whether God was joking when he created different species for different environments.
Example taken from data source: WikiMatrix_v1
Au début, je croyais que Tom plaisantait, mais il le pensait sérieusement.
At first, I believed that Tom was joking, but he was serious.
Example taken from data source: Tatoeba_v2022-03-03
On ne plaisantait pas avec les vampires.
No kidding with vampires.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
Comme son séjour se prolongeait, il arriva qu'Abimélec, roi des Philistins, regardant par la fenêtre, vit Isaac qui plaisantait avec Rebecca, sa femme.
It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.
Example taken from data source: bible-uedin_v1
Sept ans plus tard, on dirait qu'il ne plaisantait pas.
Seven years later, it looks like he wasn’t joking.
Example taken from data source: CCAligned_v1
Je ne plaisantait pas plus tôt.
I was not joking earlier.
Example taken from data source: CCMatrix_v1
J'ai cru que ma femme plaisantait.
And I thought my wife was kidding.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018

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