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trifle

['traɪfl] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. мелочь, пустяк
2. 1. безделушка
  2. бессмысленный человек
3. музыкальное или литературное произведение в шутливом, лёгком стиле
4. небольшое количество, небольшая сумма
5. бисквит, пропитанный вином и залитый взбитыми сливками
гл.
1. (trifle with) шутить, играть с (кем-л. / чем-л.); относиться несерьёзно к (кому-л. / чему-л.), не принимать всерьёз (кого-л. / что-л.)
2. вести себя легкомысленно; заниматься пустяками
3. (trifle with) теребить, вертеть в руках (что-л.), возиться, играть с (чем-л.)
4. = trifle away тратить понапрасну (время, силы, деньги)

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trifle

пустяк м

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They were unadorned by the white mortar customary on the walls of Rendorish buildings, and the windows which pierced them were perhaps a trifle narrower than monastic architecture would have dictated.
Камни их не были побелены, как в городе, и окна, прорубленные в стенах, были явно уже, чем диктует обычная монастырская архитектура.
Eddings, David / Diamond ThroneЭддингс, Дэвид / Алмазный трон
Алмазный трон
Эддингс, Дэвид
Diamond Throne
Eddings, David
© 1989 by David Eddings

Fifty times a day, his noiseless little feet went up the stairs to his own room, as he collected every book, and scrap, and trifle that belonged to him, and put them all together there, down to the minutest thing, for taking home!
Пятьдесят раз в день его маленькие ножки бесшумно взбирались по лестнице в его комнату: он собирал свои книги и все свое имущество и складывал все, вплоть до последней мелочи, чтобы взять с собою домой!
Dickens, Charles / Dombey and SonДиккенс, Чарльз / Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Торговый дом "Домби и сын"
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
Dombey and Son
Dickens, Charles
© 2009 by Classic Books International

But a trifle neither, in good faith, if the learned should speak truth of it. Here it is, and all that belongs to't.
Нет, если верить ученым, он совсем не велик: вот он весь со всеми своими принадлежностями.
Shakespeare, William / Alls Wel that ends WellШекспир, Вильям / Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается
Шекспир, Вильям
© Издательство "ACADEMIA", 1937
Alls Wel that ends Well
Shakespeare, William
© Susan Snyder 1993

Helen's hands rose a trifle, and then dropped with hopelessness.
Элен чуть приподняла руки и тут же горестно их уронила.
Steinbeck, John / The Pastures of HeavenСтейнбек, Джон / Райские пастбища
Райские пастбища
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Pastures of Heaven
Steinbeck, John
© John Stainbeck, 1932
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1960

The hair that had been brown and a trifle in excess of the fashionable length, was iron grey and clipped close, and the face that had been pink and white was buff and ruddy.
Волосы его, прежде каштановые, подстриженные по моде, коротким ежиком, теперь серебрились, а лицо, раньше свежее и румяное, поблекло и пожелтело.
Wells, Herbert George / When the Sleeper WakesУэллс, Герберт / Когда спящий проснется
Когда спящий проснется
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
When the Sleeper Wakes
Wells, Herbert George
© 2009 by IAP. Las Vegas. Nevada. USA.

But, Ecod, I've made a trifle.'
Но, ей-богу, кое-что я приобрел.
Dickens, Charles / Martin ChuzzlewitДиккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь и приключения Мартина Чезлвита
Жизнь и приключения Мартина Чезлвита
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960
Martin Chuzzlewit
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994

Rendorish murderers are a trifle squeamish when the blood on the cobblestones and splashed all over the walls happens to be theirs.
Рендорские головорезы довольно плохие вояки, когда кровь, которая льется в схватке, оказывается их кровью.
Eddings, David / Diamond ThroneЭддингс, Дэвид / Алмазный трон
Алмазный трон
Эддингс, Дэвид
Diamond Throne
Eddings, David
© 1989 by David Eddings

'The weight o' the pair, mum,' said George, eyeing them with the look of a man who was calculating within half an ounce or so, 'would be a trifle under that of Oliver Cromwell."
— Они вместе, сударыня, — сказал Джордж, глядя на девочку и старика с таким уверенным видом, словно ему ничего не стоило определить их вес с точностью до полунции, — они вместе потянут чуть меньше Оливера Кромвеля
Dickens, Charles / The Old Curiosity ShopДиккенс, Чарльз / Лавка древностей
Лавка древностей
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

He was obviously in an exceedingly good humour and perhaps a trifle exhilarated.
Он был, по-видимому, в превосходнейшем и даже капельку в возбужденном состоянии духа.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media

It's a French trick, and you wouldn't understand; but it's got at by slewing round the head a trifle, and a tiny, tiny foreshortening of one side of the face from the angle of the chin to the top of the left ear.
Эта французская уловка, которой ты не поймешь, если тебе не объяснить. Это достигается тем, что голова слегка откинута или запрокинута, и одна сторона лица чуточку, самую чуточку, укорочена от подбородка до верхнего края левого уха.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

Isabel had grown a trifle emotional while she told me this and taking a tiny handkerchief she carefully wiped away a tear that glistened at the corner of each eye.
Изабелла и сама немного расчувствовалась и крошечным платочком смахнула две слезинки, блеснувшие в уголках ее глаз.
Maugham, William Somerset / The Razor's EdgeМоэм, Уильям Сомерсет / Острие бритвы
Острие бритвы
Моэм, Уильям Сомерсет
© Перевод. М. Лорие 2010
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2010
The Razor's Edge
Maugham, William Somerset
© 1943, 1944 by McCallllCorporation
© 1944 by W. Somerset Maugham
© renewed 1971, 1972 by Elizabeth Mary Lady Glendevon

"Make no mention of such a trifle.
– Не будем говорить о таких пустяках.
Haggard, Henry Rider / Fair MargaretХаггард, Генри Райдер / Прекрасная Маргарет
Прекрасная Маргарет
Хаггард, Генри Райдер
© Издательство "Энергоатомиздат", 1984
Fair Margaret
Haggard, Henry Rider
© 1st World Library, 2006

Peren turned away, a trifle unsteadily. "I don't like it," he said.
Перен отвернулся, несколько обеспокоенный; — Мне не нравится эта штука.
Watt-Evans, Lawrence / With a Single SpellУотт-Эванс, Лоуренс / С единственным заклинанием
С единственным заклинанием
Уотт-Эванс, Лоуренс
With a Single Spell
Watt-Evans, Lawrence
© 1987 by Lawrence Watt Evans

Time had become an idling worm which crawled ahead the merest trifle, stopped and waggled its blind head, and crawled again.
Время прикинулось ленивым червем, проползало самую чуточку, останавливалось, поводило слепой головой из стороны в сторону и проползало еще чуточку.
Steinbeck, John / Cup of GoldСтейнбек, Джон / Золотая чаша
Золотая чаша
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
Cup of Gold
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1929
© renewed John Steinbeck, 1957

Rod kept his arms across the horse’s back; his legs felt a trifle wobbly
— Род крепко держался руками за спину коня, ибо ноги его слегка дрожали.
Stasheff, Christopher / The Warlock in Spite of HimselfСташефф, Кристофер / Чародей поневоле
Чародей поневоле
Сташефф, Кристофер
© Copyright перевод Сергей Славгородский
The Warlock in Spite of Himself
Stasheff, Christopher
© 1969 by Christopher Stasheff

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'traɪflNounмелочь; пустяк

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1.
пустяк
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мелочь, что-то неважное
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Collocations

for a trifle

даром

a trifle

немножко

a trifle

символически

worry over trifles

беспокоиться по пустякам

small / trifling matter

ерунда

trifling error

незначительная ошибка

trifling value

незначительная стоимость

trifling indisposion

легкое недомогание

Word forms

trifle

verb

Basic forms
Past	trifled
Imperative	trifle
Present Participle (Participle I)	trifling
Past Participle (Participle II)	trifled

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I trifle	we trifle
you trifle	you trifle
he/she/it trifles	they trifle

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am trifling	we are trifling
you are trifling	you are trifling
he/she/it is trifling	they are trifling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have trifled	we have trifled
you have trifled	you have trifled
he/she/it has trifled	they have trifled

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been trifling	we have been trifling
you have been trifling	you have been trifling
he/she/it has been trifling	they have been trifling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I trifled	we trifled
you trifled	you trifled
he/she/it trifled	they trifled

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was trifling	we were trifling
you were trifling	you were trifling
he/she/it was trifling	they were trifling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had trifled	we had trifled
you had trifled	you had trifled
he/she/it had trifled	they had trifled

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been trifling	we had been trifling
you had been trifling	you had been trifling
he/she/it had been trifling	they had been trifling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will trifle	we shall/will trifle
you will trifle	you will trifle
he/she/it will trifle	they will trifle

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be trifling	we shall/will be trifling
you will be trifling	you will be trifling
he/she/it will be trifling	they will be trifling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have trifled	we shall/will have trifled
you will have trifled	you will have trifled
he/she/it will have trifled	they will have trifled

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been trifling	we shall/will have been trifling
you will have been trifling	you will have been trifling
he/she/it will have been trifling	they will have been trifling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would trifle	we should/would trifle
you would trifle	you would trifle
he/she/it would trifle	they would trifle

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be trifling	we should/would be trifling
you would be trifling	you would be trifling
he/she/it would be trifling	they would be trifling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have trifled	we should/would have trifled
you would have trifled	you would have trifled
he/she/it would have trifled	they would have trifled

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been trifling	we should/would have been trifling
you would have been trifling	you would have been trifling
he/she/it would have been trifling	they would have been trifling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am trifled	we are trifled
you are trifled	you are trifled
he/she/it is trifled	they are trifled

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being trifled	we are being trifled
you are being trifled	you are being trifled
he/she/it is being trifled	they are being trifled

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been trifled	we have been trifled
you have been trifled	you have been trifled
he/she/it has been trifled	they have been trifled

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was trifled	we were trifled
you were trifled	you were trifled
he/she/it was trifled	they were trifled

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being trifled	we were being trifled
you were being trifled	you were being trifled
he/she/it was being trifled	they were being trifled

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been trifled	we had been trifled
you had been trifled	you had been trifled
he/she/it had been trifled	they had been trifled

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be trifled	we shall/will be trifled
you will be trifled	you will be trifled
he/she/it will be trifled	they will be trifled

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been trifled	we shall/will have been trifled
you will have been trifled	you will have been trifled
he/she/it will have been trifled	they will have been trifled

trifle

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	trifle	trifles
Possessive case	trifle's	trifles'

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