travesuras

f.pl.

1 antics, fun and games, lively behavior.

2 monkey business, monkey tricks.

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= high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, antics, hijinks [high jinks], shenanigans, wheelings and dealings, playfulness, goings-on.

Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex. The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex. Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.

Ex. This is a pressure group dedicated to open government and the uncovering of official shenanigans.

Ex. It was finally decided that the Public Auditor should look into these highly questionable partisan wheelings and dealings that involved public funds.

Ex. Behind the playfulness of the text, there is a poetic evocation of the Island of Guernsey, the port, the sea smells, and the cry of the seagulls.

Ex. I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.

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= high jinks [hijinks], horseplay, antics, hijinks [high jinks], shenanigans, wheelings and dealings, playfulness, goings-on.

Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex: The novel has a striking emphasis on matters such high jinks, horseplay, capers, and antics.

Ex: Again and again, the author races past important events in Evans' life in order to dwell on all his bedroom conquests and juvenile hijinks.

Ex: This is a pressure group dedicated to open government and the uncovering of official shenanigans.

Ex: It was finally decided that the Public Auditor should look into these highly questionable partisan wheelings and dealings that involved public funds.

Ex: Behind the playfulness of the text, there is a poetic evocation of the Island of Guernsey, the port, the sea smells, and the cry of the seagulls.

Ex: I often think that observing the goings-on in a back-garden pond is more exciting than watching boring lions on an exotic holiday.