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121 tampering
подделывать; подделкаСинонимический ряд:1. orchestration (noun) administration; deception; direction; machination; maneuver; manipulation; orchestration; ruse; stratagem2. fixing (verb) fixing3. fooling (verb) fiddling; fooling; meddling; messing; tinkering -
122 tinkering
a несерьёзный, поверхностный; халтурныйСинонимический ряд:playing (verb) doodling; fiddling; fidgeting; fooling; meddling; messing; messing around; monkeying; playing; puddling; puttering; tampering; toying; trifling; twiddling -
123 toying
1. a весёлый, игривый2. a флиртующийСинонимический ряд:playing (verb) coquetting; dallying; fiddling; fidgeting; flirting; fooling; leading on; monkeying; playing; puttering; stringing along; tinkering; trifling; twiddling -
124 trifling
1. n подшучивание2. n лёгкий разговор3. n трата времени4. a пустячный, пустяковый, незначительный5. a нестоящий, никудышный, неинтересныйСинонимический ряд:1. petty (adj.) inconsequent; inconsequential; inconsiderable; measly; Mickey Mouse; negligible; niggling; paltry; peanut; peddling; pettifogging; petty; picayune; picayunish; piddling; piffling; pimping; puny; small; small-minded; unconsequential; unconsidered; ungenerous; unvital2. worthless (adj.) frivolous; immaterial; insignificant; shallow; slight; trivial; unimportant; worthless3. dawdling (noun) dawdling; idling; loitering4. small talk (noun) bavardage; by-talk; chitchat; chitter-chatter; small talk5. playing (verb) coquetting; dallying; fiddling; fidgeting; flirting; fooling; leading on; monkeying; playing; puttering; stringing along; tinkering; toying; trifling; twiddlingАнтонимический ряд:profound; significant -
125 fiddle
fiddle ['fɪdəl]1 noun(a) (musical instrument) violon m;∎ to be as fit as a fiddle être en pleine forme, être frais comme un gardon;∎ her face was as long as a fiddle elle faisait une tête d'enterrement;∎ figurative to play second fiddle (to sb) jouer les seconds violons ou rôles (auprès de qn)∎ British to work a fiddle combiner quelque chose;∎ it's a fiddle c'est un attrape-nigaud;∎ to be on the fiddle traficoter;∎ tax fiddle fraude f fiscale∎ stop fiddling! tiens-toi tranquille!, arrête de remuer!;∎ to fiddle with sth (aimlessly, nervously) jouer avec qch; (interfere with) jouer avec ou tripoter qch;∎ to fiddle with one's watch jouer avec sa montre;∎ don't fiddle with the switch laisse l'interrupteur tranquille, ne tripote pas l'interrupteur∎ he fiddled with the knobs on the television il a tourné les boutons de la télé dans tous les sens(c) (play the fiddle) jouer du violon;∎ figurative to fiddle while Rome burns s'occuper de futilités alors qu'il est urgent d'agir∎ to fiddle one's income tax falsifier sa déclaration d'impôts;∎ he fiddled it so that he got the results he wanted il a trafiqué pour obtenir les résultats qu'il voulait∎ he fiddled me out of £20 il m'a refait de 20 livres;∎ I've been fiddled! je me suis fait escroquer!(d) (play → tune) jouer au violon -
126 rigging
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127 tinker
tinker ['tɪŋkə(r)]1 noun∎ familiar I don't give a tinker's cuss or British damn! je m'en fiche comme de ma première chemise!;∎ familiar it's not worth a tinker's cuss ça vaut des clopinettes;∎ tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor… (child's rhyme) = comptine pour découvrir quel genre d'homme on épousera ou ce qu'on fera comme métier plus tard∎ you little tinker! petit garnement!(c) (act of tinkering) bricolage m∎ to tinker about bricoler;∎ he spends hours tinkering with that car il passe des heures à bricoler cette voiture;∎ he's forever tinkering with the radio (fiddling with it) il n'arrête pas de tripoter la radio; (repairing it) il passe des heures à rafistoler le poste de radio;∎ who's been tinkering with the thermostat? qui a touché au thermostat?;∎ someone has tinkered with this report quelqu'un a trafiqué ce rapport;∎ so far you've only been tinkering with the problem pour l'instant, tu n'as fait qu'effleurer le problème
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fiddling — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ annoyingly trivial … English terms dictionary
fiddling — [fid liŋ] adj. trifling; useless; petty … English World dictionary
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Fiddling — Fiddle Fid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fiddling}.] 1. To play on a fiddle. [1913 Webster] Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he could make a small town a great city. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To keep the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fiddling — 1. noun action of the verb to fiddle Fiddling the accounts is not legal. 2. adjective Of petty or trivial importance; footling It was a fiddling little faul … Wiktionary
fiddling — adjective Date: 1652 trifling, petty < a fiddling excuse > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fiddling — /fid ling/, adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum of money. [1425 75; late ME; see FIDDLE, ING2] * * * … Universalium
fiddling — fid|dling [ˈfıdlıŋ] adj [only before noun] unimportant, and annoying ▪ fiddling little jobs around the house … Dictionary of contemporary English
fiddling — adjective (only before noun) unimportant, and annoying: all these fiddling little jobs around the house … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fiddling — fid•dling [[t]ˈfɪd lɪŋ[/t]] adj. trifling; trivial: a fiddling sum[/ex] • Etymology: 1645–55 … From formal English to slang
fiddling while Rome burns — To say that someone is fiddling while Rome burns means that they are doing unimportant things while there are serious problems to be dealt with. His visit to the trade fair was fiddling while Rome burns according to the strikers … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions