В an area that is a part of a surface
area /'еапэ/ [n С] a part of a surface that has a particular size and shape: There were several damp areas on the living
room walls.
+ of The garden has a small area of grass, with a few fruit trees around it.
patch /paetf/ [n CI a small area that is different from the parts around it: a white kitten with black patches damp/dirty/icy etc patch. Icy patches on the road are making driving dangerous. patch of dirti damp/grease etc a patch of dirt in the middle of the rug
plural patches
ARGUE
^ see also disagree, shout,
e disagreeing
II to argue
You can use argue about anyone, but people who quarrel, squabble, or have a fight/have a row usually know each other well or belong to the same family.
argue /'a:rgju; [у I] if people argue, they
speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: Jim and Beth seem to spend ail their time arguing. + with Don't argue with me, John. Just do what I tell you.
+ about/over Out in the street, a cab driver and his passenger were arguing about the fare. I A lot of time was spent arguing over the details of the contract.
quarrel "kwDr3l||'kwo:-, kwa:-/ \v I] if two
people quarrel, they argue angrily and may stop being friends with each other: They haven?t spoken to each other since they quarrelled.
+ with She left home after quarrelling with her parents.
quarrel about/over sth The two brothers had quarreled over ownership of the farm.
quarrelling - quarrelled - have quarrelled (вк:гч-п
quarreling - quarreled - have quarreled !лУгv,
have a Jig ht (also have a row British)
/hiev э 'fait, haev э пю/ informal if two people have a fight or have a row, they argue very angrily and noisily + with / had a fight with my Mom last night - she wouldn't let me go out. + about Kelvin and his wife have endless rows about money.
ARGUE
squabble /'skwDtelfl'skwa:-/ [u I] to argue noisily about something that is not really important - use this especially about children or when you think someone is behaving like a child: Oh, for goodness sake, stop squabbling, you two! + about/over The kids always squabble about who should do the dishes.
fall out with sb /,fo:l aot wid (sb); (р/irasa/ verb T] to stop having a friendly
relationship with someone, because you have quarrelled with them: I think she's fallen out with her boyfriend. + about/over I don't want to fall out with you over something so unimportant.
E3 an argument
^ if you mean 'the reason that someone gives why something is right, wrong etc', go to reason
argument /'a:rgj(jm3nt/ [n CI when people speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something have an argument My sister and I had a terrible argument last night. + about/over the usual family arguments about what time we should be home at night
+ with I could hear her on the phone, having an argument with someone from the bank.
get into an argument (=start arguing, without intending to) Phil got into an argument with a guy at the bar. start an argument (=to say something that makes someone argue with you) / didn't want to start an argument, so I kept quiet.
quarrel /'kworall'kwa-, 'kwa:-/ [n C] an angry argument between people who know each other welclass="underline" a family quarrel + with / was tired of these stupid quar rels with my parents. have a quarrel They had some sort of quarrel years ago, and they haven't spoken to each other since.
disagreement d is^griimant [n С] a situation in which people disagree with each other, but without shouting or getting
angry
+ about/over There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.
+ with Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss. + between a disagreement between the
USA and China
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tow /гао/ [n С] British an argument, when two people shout angrily at each other: There were always rows when my dad got home.
a blaziag row (=a very angry, noisy argument) The couple in the house next door were having a blazing row.
squabble /'skwDb«?l|'skwa:-/ [n С) a noisy argument about something that is not important, especially between children:
Uncle Matt bought them a computer
game to share, which led to endless squabbles,
+ about/over the usual squabbles over who should sit in the front of the car
dispute /dispjuit, 'dispjuit/ [n C] FORMAL when two people, organizations, or countries publicly disagree and argue with each other about something important + over/about an international dispute over fishing rights
+ with Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher,: + between the bitter dispute between Clinton and the Republican leadership settle a dispute (=end it by agreement) All efforts to settle the dispute have so far failed.
someone who likes arguing
argumentative/quarrelsome /,a:rg$-
mentetiv, kworal&TmJ'kwD:-, 'kwa:-/ [adj] someone who is argumentative or quarrelsome seems to like arguing or starting arguments: When he drinks too much, he becomes very argumentative. I She had had enough of all her quarrelsome relatives.
Q to stop arguing
Qmake up/make it up /,meik лр,
,meik /t ЧрI phrasal verb I) especially spoken if two people who know each other well make up or make it up, they stop arguing and start being friendly to each other again: Гт glad to see that you two have made up at last. + with Have you made it up with your
sister yet?
settle your differences /.set! pr dif-
^rsns^z/ if two people or organizations settle their differences, they stop arguing and discuss things in a sensible way until they come to an agreement: By the early 1970s, France and Britain had settled their differences over European trade. I
see also
ATTACK^ . -
4 \
DEFEND POSmON/RANK
D the army, navy etc
army /'a:rmi/ [n С] a large organized group of people trained to fight on land in a war: the armies of Britain and France be in the army Both my brothers are in