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'petifɔːgɪŋ, 'petifɒgɪŋpettifogging details — detalles mpl insignificantes, nimiedades fpl
['petɪfɒɡɪŋ]ADJ [detail] insignificante, nimio; [lawyer] pedante; [suggestion] hecho para entenebrecer el asunto* * *['petifɔːgɪŋ, 'petifɒgɪŋ]pettifogging details — detalles mpl insignificantes, nimiedades fpl
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pettifogging [ˈpetɪfɒgɪŋ][details] insignifiant ; [objections] chicanier* * *['petɪfɒgɪŋ]adjective péj pointilleux/-euse -
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pet·ti·fog·ging[ˈpetɪˌfɒgɪŋ, AM -t̬ɪˌfɑ:g-]* * *['petIfɒgɪŋ]adjobjections kleinlich; details belanglos; person pedantisch* * *pettifogging adj1. belanglos, unwichtig (Einzelheiten)2. rechtsverdrehend3. haarspalterisch* * *adj.rechtsverdrehend adj. -
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['pɛtɪˌfɒɡɪŋ](details) insignificante, (objections) cavilloso (-a)English-Italian dictionary > pettifogging pet·ti·fog·ging adj
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pettifoggery /pɛtɪˈfɒgərɪ/, pettifogging (1) /ˈpɛtɪfɒgɪŋ/n. [u]1 astuzie di leguleio; trucchetti legali2 cavilli; sofismi; sofisticherie.pettifogging (2) /ˈpɛtɪfɒgɪŋ/a. -
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Adj. petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg.; (umständlich) pernickety umg., Am. persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *pettifogging; pedantic; small; ungenerous; nit-picking* * *klein|lich ['klainlɪç]1. adjpetty; (= knaus[e]rig) mean (esp Brit), stingy (inf); (= engstirnig) narrow-minded2. adv(= knauserig) stingily; (= engstirnig) narrow-mindedly* * *1) (too concerned with details; too particular; difficult to satisfy: She is very fussy about her food.) fussy2) (deliberately nasty for a foolish or trivial reason: petty behaviour.) petty* * *klein·lich[ˈklainlɪç]adj (pej)sei doch nicht so \kleinlich! don't be so petty! pej* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *kleinlich adj petty; (sehr genau) pedantic, nit-picking umg; (umständlich) pernickety umg, US persnickety, fussy; (geizig) stingy* * *1.(abwertend) Adjektiv pernickety; (ohne Großzügigkeit) mean; (engstirnig) small-minded; petty; (in Bezug auf Sauberkeit und Ordnung) pernickety; fussy; petty < regulations>2.adverbial meticulously; punctiliously* * *adj.pedantic adj. -
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1. n торговля вразнос; мелочная торговля2. n занятие мелочами3. a торгующий вразнос4. a мелочный5. a несущественный, ненужный, мелкийСинонимический ряд:1. petty (adj.) inconsequent; inconsequential; inconsiderable; measly; Mickey Mouse; niggling; paltry; peanut; pettifogging; petty; picayune; picayunish; piddling; piffling; pimping; puny; small; trifling; trivial; unconsequential; unconsidered; ungenerous; unvital2. dealing (verb) dealing; pushing; shoving3. marketing (verb) deal in; handling; hawking; marketing; merchandising; mongering; retailing; selling; trade in; vending
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pettifogging — /pet ee fog ing, faw ging/, adj. 1. insignificant; petty: pettifogging details. 2. dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters; meanly petty. [1570 80; see PETTIFOG, ING2] * * * … Universalium
pettifogging — [[t]pe̱tifɒgɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) You can describe an action or situation as pettifogging when you think that unnecessary attention is being paid to unimportant, boring details. [OLD FASHIONED] ...pettifogging bureaucratic interference … English dictionary
pettifogging — pet|ti|fog|ging [ˈpetiˌfɔgıŋ US ˌfa: , ˌfo: ] adj BrE old fashioned too concerned with small details … Dictionary of contemporary English
pettifogging — adjective BrE old fashioned 1 too concerned with small details 2 too unimportant to be worth considering … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pettifogging — UK [ˈpetɪˌfɒɡɪŋ] / US [ˈpetɪfɑɡɪŋ] adjective [only before noun] British old fashioned caring too much about unimportant matters or details … English dictionary
Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; … Universalium
slipshod — adj Slipshod, slovenly, unkempt, disheveled, sloppy are comparable when applied to persons and their appearance or to their mental and manual processes, performances, or products, and mean manifesting conspicuous negligence or carelessness.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pettifog — /ˈpɛtifɒg / (say peteefog) verb (i) (pettifogged, pettifogging) 1. to quibble over petty details. 2. to carry on a petty or shifty law business. 3. to practise chicanery of any sort. {backformation from pettifogger, from petty + fogger (of… …
pet·ti·fog·ging — /ˈpɛtiˌfɑːgıŋ/ adj old fashioned : worrying too much about details that are minor or not important pettifogging lawyers … Useful english dictionary
