Word of the day: Tussle

Word of the day

Tussle: luta, briga, contenda, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, hassle, struggle, fight

“The suspect was arrested after a tussle with a security guard.”

“…a tussle for control of the company…”

The President is in for another tussle with Congress.

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Creek / Greek / Crick // Word of the day: Tussle

Word of the day

Tussle: luta, briga, contenda, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest

“The two basketball players tussled for the ball.”

“The residents of the neighborhood tussled with city hall for years about the broken parking meters.”

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Word of the day: Fray / All things considered

Word of the day

Fray: rixa, bulha, briga, refrega, luta, desordem, combate, motim,  rasgão, puimento, esfiapar, puir, cotiar,ficar exausto, ficar cansado

Synonyms: battle, fight, scrabble, throes, battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fracas, hassle, scrap

“That's the chance the small business stakeholder has to jump into the fray and really shine.”

“You can't just jump into the fray, throwing furnishings left and right in a mad tizzy.”

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All things considered    

                                                                           

-depois de se levar tudo em consideração                                                                

 -após considerar tudo

“So all things considered, what's the worst that can happen? It might not inspire kids to discard their iPods and hit the books...”

(Assim, depois de se levar tudo em consideração, o que de pior pode acontecer? Pode não inspirar os garotos a se desfazerem de seus iPods e entrar nos livros...)

(Newsweek, June 13, 2007)

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Word of the day: Squabble

Squabble: briga, barulho, brigar, disputar, fazer barulho

Synonyms: altercation, battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, altercate, argufy, bicker, brawl, controvert, dispute

“The children were squabbling over the toys.”

“The children squabbled loudly over who got to play with the toy first.”

“Frightened by noise of the squabble, the cat hid under the couch.”

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Word of the day: Wrangle

Wrangle: disputa, contenda, altercação, briga, discussão, porfia, disputar, discutir, altercar, porfiar, brigar, arrebanhar gado

Synonyms: dispute, argument, quarrel, squabble, disagreement, altercation, tussle, spat, row, altercate, brawl, controvert, dispute, fight, hassle, jar, quibble, squabble, argue

“They were wrangling over money.”

“He made a living wrangling horses.”

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Word of the day: STRIFE

Strife:  discussão, briga, disputa, luta, contenda, discórdia, competição, rivalidade

Synonyms: conflict, disaccord, discordance, disharmony, dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, friction

 “In order to avoid family strife, the children spend equal time during the holidays with both of their grandmothers.”

“…bitter strife between the two political factions…”  (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Wrangle

Wrangle: disputa, contenda, altercação, briga, discussão, porfia, disputar, discutir, altercar, porfiar, brigar (for, over por, por causa de, Amer arrebanhar gado

Synonyms: altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, argue

“They were wrangling over money.”

“He made a living wrangling horses.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Wrangle

Wrangle: disputa, contenda, altercação, briga, discussão, porfia, disputar, discutir, altercar, porfiar, brigar (for, over por, por causa de, Amer arrebanhar gado

Synonyms: altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, brawl, controvert, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, jar, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, argue

“They were wrangling over money.”

“He made a living wrangling horses.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Bicker

Bicker: briga, contenda petulante, brigar, disputar, mover se rapidamente, cintilar, bruxulear, tremular, tamborilar.

Synonyms:  altercation, battle royal, brawl, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, fight, hassle, imbroglio, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, spat, squabble, wrangle

 “After a prolonged bicker, they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Scuffle

Scuffle:  luta corpo a corpo, briga, tumulto, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, lumber, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

‘Children scuffled on the playground.”

“Small creatures scuffled in the underbrush.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Scuffle

Scuffle:  luta corpo a corpo, briga, tumulto, lutar, brigar

Synonyms: barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, lumber, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

“Children scuffled on the playground.”

“Small creatures scuffled in the underbrush.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the Day: Tussle

Tussle: luta, briga, contenda, lutar, brigar, tentar imobilizar e controlar o outro

Synonyms:  grapple, rassle, scuffle

“Consider Blockbuster's tussle with Netflix. How much of the movie-rental business eventually...”(Newsweek,  June 26, 2005) 

Word of the Day: Spat

spat: briga, discussão sem importância, palmada, brigar, disputar à toa, dar palmada /pára-lama da roda do avião/ desova de ostra, desovar, depositar ovas (pretérito de “spit = cuspir)

Synonyms: altercation, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy,  disagreement, dispute, falling-out, fight,  kickup,misunderstanding, quarrel,  row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble

... After a verbal spat over Brown’s nude centerfold in Cosmopolitan, the contenders are going head to head…(Newsweek, October 12, 2011)

“The EU countries are happy lovers doing nothing more than having a little spat.” (Newsweek,  October 11, 2011)

argument / reasoning

argument / argue  -  (discussão, briga verbal / discutir)

(Port.) argumento -  (reasoning)

They had an ugly argument before.  = Eles tiveram uma discussão feia antes

They were friends, but even so they were always arguing about something.= Eles eram amigos, mas mesmo assim sempre estavam brigando  por causa de alguma coisa.

O meu argumento foi franco. Como eu disse, eu era de 40 a 50% contra ir para guerra. =  My reasoning was straightforward: As I said, I was 40 – 50  against going to war.

 O significado de “raciocínio”,”ponderação” para “argument”,  embora menos comum, também existe em Inglês e poderá ser reconhecido pelo contexto:

 The problem is that this argument ignores Cuban reality.( Newsweek, Mar 7, 2009)=  O problema é que este argumento (ou raciocínio) ignora a realidade cubana

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