Entire philosophies of life stir and collide beneath the surface of apparently petty squabbles.

表面上琐碎的家庭口角下藏匿着不同生活理念的激荡和碰撞。

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Learn to let go, and to rise above the petty squabbles. You'll end up with much more time and energy available to work on the really important things.

学习释放，跳出细小的争吵，你会有更多的时间和精力投入到真正有意义的事情上。

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Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary — to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

不过，很多人也认为，谎言是避免无谓的争论、缓和人际关系的必要手段。

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What is most striking is the self-confident approach to globalisation taken by Airbus, a company that over the years has suffered more than its share of petty squabbles, especially between its French and German tribes.

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The Vatileaks episode offered a glimpse into some of the disfunctionality, normally due to petty squabbles among internal factions within middle management, but also drew attention to the traditional feudal structure of governance within and among the offices, and how the current structures and attitudes impede the distribution of information to facilitate efficient governance, thereby hampering the Church's mission to evangelise.

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Fortunately, the plight of his heroine is just about fraught enough to survive these contrivances, and it is fun to imagine French audiences, schooled in the glories of the period, watching the parade of squabbles, whispers, and petty suspicions that is staged by a skeptical director.

NEWYORKER: The Lady and the Duke