м. laughter
(один звук) laugh
он не мог удержаться от ~а he couldnt́ 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 разг.
и ~ и грех you couldnt́ help laughing, though it wasnt́ so funny
~ да и только itś perfectly ridiculous
как на ~ as if to mock us (them, me)
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муж. laughter, laugh разразиться смехом не до смеху – past laughter поднимать кого-л. на смех – to make a laughing-stock of smb., to make fun of smb. смеха ради – in jest, for sheer fun, for joke, just for fun со смеху – with laughter и смех и грех – разг. you don't know whether to laugh or cry как будто на смех, словно на смех, точно на смех – as if out of spite, as if to mock smb. покатиться со смеху – to roll/rock with laughter умирать/подыхать со смеху, от смеху – to die laughing,