quarrel

quarrel
quarrel [{{t}}'kwɒrəl] ( {{}}British{{}} pt & pp quarrelled, cont quarrelling, {{}}American{{}} pt & pp quarreled, cont quarreling)
1 noun
(a) (dispute) querelle f, dispute f;
they had a quarrel over money ils se sont disputés pour des histoires d'argent;
are you trying to start a quarrel? tu cherches la dispute?;
to pick a quarrel with sb chercher querelle à qn
(b) (cause for complaint)
I have no quarrel with him je n'ai rien à lui reprocher;
my only quarrel with the plan is its cost la seule chose que je reproche à ce projet, c'est son coût;
I have no quarrel with her proposal je n'ai rien contre sa proposition
2 intransitive verb
(a) (argue) se disputer, se quereller;
I don't want to quarrel with you over or about this je ne veux pas me disputer avec toi à ce sujet ou à propos de cela;
they're always quarrelling over money ils se disputent sans cesse pour des histoires d'argent
(b) (take issue)
I can't quarrel with your figures je ne peux pas contester vos chiffres;
I can't quarrel with that je n'ai rien à redire à cela;
critics might quarrel with parts of the introduction les critiques pourraient trouver à redire à certains passages de l'introduction

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