And the images are as restrained and as precise as the highly ordered behavior of the characters, who wear their mask of dignity tightly bound in order not to burst out laughing or screaming.

NEWYORKER: Good Girl (Gentille)

When I mention that the rule forbidding late-staying guests will now oblige me to leave, they burst out laughing.

CNN: A Tale of Two Countries

Mr Major burst out laughing and agreed, after all, to give Kenny his interview.

BBC: By BBC News Online's Bob Eggington