Je was op zoek naar: facecia (Catalaans - Engels)

-tom, digueu la veritat, ara: va de facecia o de bo de bo?
"tom--honest injun, now--is it fun, or earnest?"

a tom, abans, la seva agudesa del matí li havia semblat una bella facecia, d'allo més enginyosa.
his smartness of the morning had seemed to tom a good joke before, and very ingenious.

sols un considerable esforç de la cortesia dels invitats contingué la rialla de justa i escaient satisfacció que es mereixia aquesta gustosa facecia; pero el silenci era una mica desmanegat.
nothing but a heavy strain upon the good manners of the company kept back the due and proper complimentary laugh at this pleasant joke.

-bé, no diré que no fos una bella facecia, tom, d'anguniar a tothom gairebé una setmana mentre vosaltres us divertíeu; pero és llastima que fóssiu tan dur de cor que em féssiu patir a mi d'aquesta manera.
in the course of it aunt polly said: "well, i don't say it wasn't a fine joke, tom, to keep everybody suffering 'most a week so you boys had a good time, but it is a pity you could be so hard-hearted as to let me suffer so.