laughter;
(один звук) laugh;
он не мог удержаться от ~а he couldn`t help laughing;
взрыв ~а burst of laughter;
~а ради, для ~а just for fun;
мне, ему не до ~а it is no laughning matter for me, him;
i am, he is in no laughing mood;
~у было it was (very) funny;
it was a scream
и ~ и грех you couldn`t help laughing, though it wasn`t so funny;
~ да и только it`s perfectly ridiculous;
как на ~ as if to mock us (them, me)