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TRIFLING

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trifling I. adjectiv

1. (despre lucruri) neînsemnat, mărunt, neglijabil, puţin important;

a trifling mistake o eroare neglijabilă;.

2. (despre persoane) superficial.

trifling II. substantiv

1. uşurinţă, comportare uşuratică / neserioasă.

2. ton glumeţ / uşuratic.

3. lucru inutil, nimic, fleac.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

My acquaintance with him has been but trifling.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Down dropped the rubbers, and the tea was very near following, as Meg put out her hand, with a face so full of gratitude that Mr. Brooke would have felt repaid for a much greater sacrifice than the trifling one of time and comfort which he was about to take.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

That it would be done with such trifling exertion on his side, too, was another very welcome surprise; for his wish at present was to have as little trouble in the business as possible.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

He was not very solid; but there was a hope of his becoming less trifling, of his being at least tolerably domestic and quiet; and at any rate, there was comfort in finding his estate rather more, and his debts much less, than he had feared, and in being consulted and treated as the friend best worth attending to.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

How trifling they make every thing else appear!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

No, I am perfectly sure that he is not trifling or silly.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

Long before he reappeared, attending the short, neat, brisk-moving aunt, and her elegant niece,—Mrs. Weston, like a sweet-tempered woman and a good wife, had examined the passage again, and found the evils of it much less than she had supposed before—indeed very trifling; and here ended the difficulties of decision.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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