- fight quarrel
- Разговорное выражение: (кому-л.) помочь (кому-л.) добиться справедливости
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
pick a fight/quarrel — to deliberately start a fight with someone Never pick a fight you can t win. She sometimes picked fights with other girls at school. • • • Main Entry: ↑pick … Useful english dictionary
quarrel — quarrel1 quarreler, n. quarrelingly, adv. /kwawr euhl, kwor /, n., v., quarreled, quarreling or (esp. Brit.) quarrelled, quarrelling. n. 1. an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly… … Universalium
fight — [OE] The deadly earnestness of fighting seems to have had its etymological origins in the rather petty act of pulling someone’s hair. Fight, together with German fechten and Dutch vechten, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *fekhtan, which… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
fight — [OE] The deadly earnestness of fighting seems to have had its etymological origins in the rather petty act of pulling someone’s hair. Fight, together with German fechten and Dutch vechten, goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *fekhtan, which… … Word origins
quarrel# — quarrel n Quarrel, wrangle, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat, tiff are comparable when they mean a dispute marked by anger or discord on both sides. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fight — [fīt] vi. fought, fighting [ME fighten < OE feohtan, akin to Ger fechten < IE base * pek , to pluck hair or wool > OE feoh (see FEE) & L pecten, a comb, pecu, cattle] 1. a) to take part in a physical struggle or battle; struggle b) to… … English World dictionary
fight — [n1] physical encounter action, affray, altercation, argument, battle, battle royal*, bout, brawl, broil, brush, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, contention, contest, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, dissension, dogfight,… … New thesaurus
Quarrel — Quar rel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quarreled}or {Quarrelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarreling} or {Quarrelling}.] 1. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic. [1913 Webster] Our people quarrel with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quarrel — [n] disagreement affray, altercation, argument, battle royal*, beef*, bickering*, brannigan*, brawl, breach, broil*, catfight*, combat, commotion, complaint, contention, controversy, difference, difference of opinion, difficulty, disapproval,… … New thesaurus
fight — vb 1 battle, war, *contend Analogous words: struggle, strive (see ATTEMPT): dispute, debate (see Discuss): wrangle, squabble, quarrel, altercate (see under QUARREL n) 2 *resist, withstand, contest, oppose, combat, conflict, antagonize fight n… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fight — ► VERB (past and past part. fought) 1) take part in a violent struggle involving physical force or weapons. 2) engage in (a war or contest). 3) quarrel or argue. 4) (fight off) defend oneself against an attack by. 5) struggle to overcome,… … English terms dictionary