The accountant said that we could use petty cash to buy paper but not to buy a new printer.

会计说我们可以用零用现金去买纸，但是不能用它买一个新的打印机。

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Some reviewers continue to dismiss songs like this as petty "ranting" and "paranoia," but this is some deft social criticism for those who look beyond the surface.

有些评论者继续贬低这类歌曲为“抱怨”和“偏执”，但对那些能够透过表面看本质的人来说，这首歌是巧妙的社会批评。

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But they became greedy, petty, and "morally bankrupt," and the gods "became angry because the people had lost their way and turned to immoral pursuits," Orser says.

但他们后来变得贪婪，小气并最终“道德破产”，众神“怒不可遏，因为人们已经迷失了方向，开始追名逐利”，Orser说道。

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Learn the accomplishments of active life, take for your models not those people who spend their time on these petty quibbles but those who have a good livelihood and reputation and many other blessings."

学个谋生的一技之长，别学那些满嘴谬论的人,要学那些生活富足，声名显赫及福泽深厚的人“

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But Petty, as he did so many times during his racing career, found a way to avert disaster.

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Often entirely and deeply religious, but not this petty.

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But these are petty adjustments.

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