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1 trifle
/'traifl/ * danh từ - vật nhỏ mọn; chuyện vặt =to waste one's time on trifles+ mất thì giờ vì những chuyện vặt - món tiền nhỏ =it cost only a trifle+ cái dó giá chẳng đáng bao nhiêu - bánh xốp kem !a trifle - (dùng làm phó từ) hơi, một tí, một chút =a trifle [too] heavy+ hơi nặng một chút * nội động từ - coi thường, coi nhẹ, coi là chuyện vặt; đùa cợt, đùa giỡn =stop trifling with your work!+ thôi đừng có đùa với công việc như vậy =he is not a man to trifle with+ anh ta không phải là người có thể đùa được =to trifle with one's food+ nhấm nháp, ăn chơi ăn bời tí chút =to trifle with one's paper-knife+ nghịch con dao rọc giấy !to trifle away - lãng phí =to trifle away one's time+ lãng phí thì giờ =to trifle away one's money+ phung phí tiền bạc
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