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These 3 sentences are excerpts from Season 1, Episode 2 of Classroom of the
Elite.

Context: 堀北 and 綾小路 are talking to one another about their classmates, during
swimming class at school. 堀北 doesn't understand why everyone in their class is
acting so carefree even though they all just got informed that there class had
gained no points (i.e. they in big trouble). 綾小路 with an attempt to explain
why the others may be acting so nonchalant goes on to say to:

> 気を紛らわせたい **ってこともある** んじゃないか？  
>  Translation Attempt: **There are also times** / **Sometimes** they want to
> be able to distract their feelings, don't you think?

With this sentence I don't quite understand what ってこともある means exactly. I am
under the impression that my English translation is actually pretty close, in
which ってこと is being used in the place of the noun 時; however, I am not
entirely sure that this is the case. Furthermore, couldn't this sentence just
be shortened 気を紛らわせたい **こともある** んじゃないか without the って and have the same
meaning other than it being more direct?

Shortly after that, 綾小路, adding to his explanation then says:

> 春先いきなりのプール授業しかも **大半が** 自由時間とくれば―多くの高校１年生ははしゃぐんじゃないか？  
>  Translation Attempt: In early spring, pool class suddenly started, not only
> that, but ( **most?** ) when it comes to free time, lots of first year
> students are in high spirits.

With this sentence I just have no idea what **大半** is correlating to. Is he
referring to the majority of students (which seems strange due to it preceding
とくれば) or is he referring to the majority of the free time? It just seems
extremely out of place (to me) especially with it being marked by が.

Lastly, a little later in the dialogue, 堀北 knows that many in her class are
failing and wants to get classmates together to get grades up. 綾小路 simply says
afterwards:

> 勉強会を開く **ってことか** ？  
>  Translation Attempt: **So you/it means** you will open a study group?

With this one, I'm quite confident that it's working all the same as ということだ or
わけだ just with the か particle working to make the sentence into a question. I'm
really just trying to confirm whether or not I'm correct.

Do let me know if you need further context. Any help provided towards
understanding is much appreciated!
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grammar particle-って casual particle-こと
What is the use of this ってこともある, oddly placed 大半 and ってことか in this conversation?
1. ってこともある/こともある would mean differently in the particular context.

ってこともある literally translates to _there is the thing that ..._ ; more
idiomatically, it would be _there is also a factor that ..._ or _Another thing
is that ..._. On the other hand, 気を紛らわせたいこともある would be understood (by
default) as _there is something that (the subject) wants to distract himself
from_.

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  * かれはそのことから気を紛らわせたいたい - He wants to distract himself from that (thing)
  * かれは気を紛らわせたい He wants to distract himself

気を紛らわせたいこと sounds like (to me) a phase from the first one with relative
clause, i.e., _the thing he wants to distract himself from_ (meaning what he
wants to forget). On the other hand, 気を紛らわせたいってこと is that-clause with the
second one, i.e., _that he wants to distract himself_ (meaning that he wants
to enjoy himself for a while).

It depends on the meaning/context. [This
one](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/96026/45489) is essentially the same
ってこと but ってこと/こと does not make much difference.

  2. 大半 refers to プールの授業. It says something like _the large part of the swimming class is free time_ , i.e., students can play around in the pool freely for most of the class.

  3. You are correct.
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