Language Activator – Argue

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت argue را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

argue

(intransitive verb)

: if people argue, they speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something

.Jim and Beth seem to spend all their time arguing

argue with

.Don’t argue with me, John. Just do what I tell you

argue about/over

.The two men at the bar were arguing about politics

.My kids spend more time arguing over the rules than they do playing the game

quarrel

(intransitive verb)

: if two people quarrel, they argue angrily and may stop being friends with each other

.Whenever my sisters meet they always end up quarrelling

quarrel with

.She left home after quarrelling with her parents

quarrel about/over

.The two brothers had quarreled over ownership of the farm

fight

(intransitive verb)

: to argue in an angry and violent way, especially with someone you know well

.Kerry’s parents are always fighting — I’m not surprised she left home

fight over/about

.Two men fighting over a parking space were arrested earlier today

.If you two don’t stop fighting about what to watch I’m going to send you to your room

have a fight also have a row

(verb phrase)

: if two people have a fight or have a row, they argue very angrily and noisily

have a fight with

.April had a fight with her boyfriend and doesn’t want to come out of her room

have a fight about/over

.Kelvin and his wife have endless rows over money

fall out with

(verb phrase)

: British to stop having a friendly relationship with someone, because you have disagreed with them

.I think she’s fallen out with her boyfriend

fall out with about/over

.Murray left the company after he fell out with the chairman over his salary

falling out

(have a falling out (with somebody

.We had a falling out after he asked me to lie for him

be at each other’s throats

(verb phrase)

if two people or groups are at each other’s throats, they are always arguing in a very angry way because they cannot agree about something

Congress and the President have been at each other’s throats for so long that it’s a wonder they can agree on anything

clash

(intransitive verb)

if two groups of people clash, they argue publicly with each other about a particular subject — used in news reports: clash with somebody

.Democrats clashed with Republicans last night in a heated debate about unemployment

clash over something

.France and Britain are likely to clash over the proposed space program

:Practice

: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

. …………… N1. Jim and Beth seem to spend all their time
. …………… N2. Whenever my sisters meet they always end up
N3. Kerry’s parents are always …………… — I’m not surprised she left home
N4. I think she’s …………… with her boyfriend
N5. Congress and the President have been at …………… for so long that it’s a wonder they can agree on anything
N6. France and Britain are likely to …………… the proposed space program

:Answers

Arguing / quarrelling / fighting / fallen out / each other’s throats / clash over