Polish English Dictionary

spierać się in English:

1. argue

Being from different countries, my husband and I sometimes argue about cultural difference.

They argue that the distribution of wealth should be equitable.

I never argue.

Deep-seated preferences cannot be argued about — you cannot argue a man into liking a glass of beer...

Ken always takes his mother's side when his parents argue.

Critics may argue that all the foregoing characterizations are very abstract.

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.

Old-timers might argue the Internet was freest during the Usenet days.

Don't get upset about small things. Try to think of things like a rich person who can afford not to argue.

People who bring personal details into arguments don't know how to argue.

The workers argued against the plans to close the factory.

Why’s he angry with you? Oh, you know, we argued about money – he was going to do that job for me...

The twins often argue over toys and want to play with the same toy at the same time.

When people argue, they disagree with each other, sometimes loudly. You don’t always have to yell when you argue, though, sometimes you’re just trying to prove a point.

English word "spierać się"(argue) occurs in sets:

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2. controvert

subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results

English word "spierać się"(controvert) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Rose Clark" (Fanny Fern)
Fiszki z książki - "A Mock Idyl" (Percy Ross)
Fiszki z książki - "Voltaire" (John Morley)
Fiszki z książki - "Excuse Me!" (Rupert Hughes)
Fiszki z książki - "Trilby" (George Du Maurier)

3. dispute

A small border dispute ballooned into a major international incident.

a question in dispute

The Sea of Japan naming dispute revolves around efforts to remove 'Sea of Japan' from the world's maps and replace it with 'East Sea'.

The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.

After much negotiation, the two sides in the dispute reached a compromise.

Nothing is ever done here without dispute.

The number of days lost through industrial dispute is shown in the table on the facing page.

After a long dispute the coal mines closed and the remaining miners were paid off.

Problems can occur when there are disputes between partners.

My client strongly disputes Mr DeCarrico's version of events. He disputed the arrangements, which he thought were inadequate.

An employer and his/her employee shall aim at a conciliatory settlement of disputes arising from an employment relationship.

Definition if there is a dispute about something, people cannot agree about it and so they argue about it

I wouldn’t want to dispute the fact that Real Madrid are a good football club but there are better ones like Manchester United, you know!

"It appears to be a land dispute, Ensign," Thrawn said.

I don't dispute the facts you've presented but only the conclusion you draw from them.

English word "spierać się"(dispute) occurs in sets:

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4. quibble

Let's not quibble over trivial matters.

One could quibble about what particular number of refugees could be defined as an 'emergency'.

English word "spierać się"(quibble) occurs in sets:

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other words beginning with "S"

spadek in English
spaliny in English
spać in English
spodnie in English
spokojny in English
spokój in English