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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)

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

trifle

пустяк м

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'I wonder you trouble to come to me about such trifles, Marfa Petrovna.'
"Охота вам, говорю, Марфа Петровна, из таких пустяков ко мне ходить, беспокоиться".
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

I am trivial only about trifles, not in what is important.
Я мелочен лишь в мелочах, но в великом - нет.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

There's no time for whimpering and busying oneself with trifles.
Тут уж некогда нюни распускать и мелочами заниматься.
Чехов, А.П. / ЖенаChekhov, A. / The wife
The wife
Chekhov, A.
© 1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004
Жена
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

Looking round, there was the old dame down upon the roadway, with her red whimple flying on the breeze, while the two rogues, black and white, stooped over her, wresting away from her the penny and such other poor trifles as were worth the taking.
Окинув взглядом дорогу, он увидел на ней старуху с ее развевающимся по ветру красным шарфом; оба негодяя - белый и черный - старались отнять у нее подаренную Аллейном монетку и убогие мелочи, представлявшие хоть какую-нибудь ценность.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / White CompanyКонан Дойль, Артур / Белый отряд
Белый отряд
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
White Company
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

Hence is it that we make trifles of terrors, ensconcing ourselves into seeming knowledge when we should submit ourselves to an unknown fear.
Вследствие этого мы превращаем ужасные вещи в сущие пустяки, загораживаясь мнимым знанием, тогда как следовало бы покоряться неисповедимому страху.
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

"You come with such trifles, my good sir, it's scarcely worth anything.
-- А с пустяками ходишь, батюшка, ничего, почитай, не стоит.
Достоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказаниеDostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970

Trifles, trifles are what matter!
Мелочи, мелочи главное!..
Достоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказаниеDostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970

"But, gentlemen of the jury, why do I tell you all this, all these details, trifles?" cried Ippolit Kirillovitch suddenly. "
Но, господа присяжные, для чего я вам это всё сообщаю, все эти подробности, мелочи! -- воскликнул вдруг Ипполит Кириллович.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

I made no response but a chilly and dignified bow; then I sat down to the table, and with undisguised intention began talking of other things, of various trifles, laughing and making jokes...
Я ничего не ответил и удовольствовался лишь холодным и важным поклоном; затем сел за стол и даже нарочно заговорил о другом, о каких-то глупостях, начал смеяться и острить...
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

At the most terrible moments of man's life, for instance when he is being led to execution, he remembers just such trifles.
В самые страшные минуты человеческие, ну на казнь везут, вот именно эти-то мелочи и запоминаются.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Why dispute about trifles? What does it matter to him who it is gives him a beating?” She laughed.
Ну чего спорить о пустяках; не всё ли ему равно кто его оттаскает, - засмеялась она.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

If you are so concerned about trifles when it comes to dying, then . . . it's all a very bad sign.
Если вы умираете и так неравнодушны, то... всё это очень опасно.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Dick considered for a long time but could not remember when or how he had put himself in the way of winning these trifles at a woman's hands.
— Дик долго припоминал и раздумывал, но никак не мог вспомнить, как и когда он мог вызвать подобные чувства в сердце женщины.
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

In trifles, in little matters of etiquette, you can do anything you like with me, and I curse this peculiarity in myself.
В мелочах же, в каких-нибудь светских приемах, со мной бог знает что можно сделать, и я всегда проклинаю в себе эту черту.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"How, Pathfinder, can you remember all these trifles so accurately?"
— Как, Следопыт, неужели вы помните такие подробности?
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaКупер, Джеймс Фенимор / Следопыт, или На берегах Онтарио
Следопыт, или На берегах Онтарио
Купер, Джеймс Фенимор
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981

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1.
пустяки
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Collocations

worry over trifles

беспокоиться по пустякам

for a trifle

даром

small / trifling matter

ерунда

a trifle

немножко

a trifle

символически

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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