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An example use of jest in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… right so we have the jest Finers far …”
Jest means to make a joke or to make fun of someone.
the word jest occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that jest can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;