Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - minutiae

The minutiae of something such as someone’s job or life are the very small details of it. (FORMAL) Much of his early work is concerned with the minutiae of rural life. N-PLURAL: usu the N of n MIRACLE (miracles) 1. If you say that a good event is a miracle, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected. It is a miracle no one was killed... N-COUNT 2. A miracle drug or product does something that was thought almost impossible. (JOURNALISM) ...a miracle drug that is said to be a cure for Aids and cancer. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A miracle is a wonderful and surprising event that is believed to be caused by God. ...Jesus’s ability to perform miracles. N-COUNT