The phrase "a small trick" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a minor or simple method or technique to achieve something, often in a playful or clever way.
Example: "I learned a small trick to help me remember my passwords more easily."
Alternatives: "a little tip" or "a minor technique".
Beijing sought to play down the importance of the phone call, with foreign minister Wang Yi dismissing it as "just a small trick" by Taiwan.
These maps are only well defined up to homotopy, and using a small trick we can arrange the corresponding maps to be the standard inclusion of a fibre into a fibre bundle.
And, as shown in Section 3.4, the non-integer case can be treated by the standard algorithm using a small trick; however, this is at the cost of increased computational effort.
Though United offers FareLock, which is a paid option to lock in your fare for a predetermined amount of time, there's a small trick that will allow you to hold your fare for another 24 hours or so.
"The one-China policy" that does not recognize an independent Taiwan "is the cornerstone of the healthy development of China-U.S. relations, and we hope this political foundation will not be interfered with or damaged," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday, blaming Tsai for playing a "small trick" on Trump.
Though you should avoid developing a serious new oral fixation, a few small tricks can keep your mouth busy and will cut down on the amount of time you spent biting your nails.
Mr. Malloy made himself into something of a national figure in his first year, no small trick in a small state like Connecticut, by carving out a niche as a contrarian, unapologetic Democrat during an antigovernment, antitax wave.
LONG before joining the federal government as Russia's child rights commissioner and, more recently, becoming the leading force behind a ban on the adoption of Russian children by Americans, Pavel A. Astakhov transformed himself into a celebrity lawyer with mass market appeal — no small trick in a country where encounters with the legal system are as desirable as a tooth extraction.
There are a few small tricks that you can do to stimulate your body and keep yourself alert throughout the night.
Then, in 2001, came a watershed moment: "Junie B., First Grader (at Last!)." As reviewers often remarked, it is no small trick for an adult to write convincingly in the first-person voice of a child, but Ms. Park said that to her surprise, Junie's voice came almost unbidden.
If you want to silence a room of executives, try this small trick.
