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trifling [ˈtraɪflɪŋ] ADJ

trifle [ˈtraɪfl] N

1. trifle (insignificant thing):

trifle
пустя́к m

3. trifle (slightly):

a trifle big
великова́т

trifle with VB trans

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There are stories on mere trifling matters as well as their own nation-slaking subjects.
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Who cares about the trifling matter of the breaking of sacred contracts?
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Hanger was wounded in the battle, which he termed a trifling insignificant skirmish.
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Our loss in numbers was trifling.
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The fear of doing a trifling wrong augmented while playing; the better one succeeded in playing the foregoing, the greater the fear became while playing.
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It was also said that the smelting house can be made fit for use at a very trifling cost which will make it a source of great profit.
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The commissioner's awarded a relatively trifling sum to the descendants of the victims of the affair.
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However, the effects of inflation meant that originally substantial penalties were eventually reduced to trifling sums.
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For trifling misdemeanors, he instituted elaborate investigations and meted out extravagant fines and punishments where a wiser man would have overlooked the whole matter.
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The most trifling complaint against the rival company became the subject of solemn investigation by the zealous governor.
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