they had a row
they had a loud argument
TRANSLATION
they had a row = sie haben sich heftig gestritten --- GOOGLE INDEX they had a row: approximately 700,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
In January Ukraine and Russia HAD A ROW over gas pricing and transit fees and thus 15 countries in Europe were left without gas.
(www.russia-media.ru)
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Paul McCartney says he and his wife nearly called off their wedding because they HAD A ROW the day before…
(The Evening Independent)
(www.russia-media.ru)
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Paul McCartney says he and his wife nearly called off their wedding because they HAD A ROW the day before…
(The Evening Independent)
Did you
know?
row
noun
- a noisy argument or fight
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Some non-native English speakers might think of the children's song "row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream" when they hear the word row. For unknown reasons however, row is also another word for a loud argument or fight or a serious disagreement.
Winston Churchill, despite his public image as a calm statesman (which he was) and the ultimate British gentleman (for the most part), in private he rarely hesitated to back down from a good fight. In Chris Wrigley's biography of Churchill, he cites several disagreements between Churchill and Nancy Astor, a rich London socialite and the first female member of parliament. The two disliked each other immensely.
Churchill hated the idea of a woman in parliament and once said to her, "I find the intrusion of a woman into the House of Commons as embarrassing as if she burst into my bathroom when I had nothing with which to defend myself, not even a sponge." She then replied, "Winston, you're not handsome enough to have worries of that kind."
In another row at Blenheim Palace, Churchill's birthplace, Nancy Astor was so angry with Churchill that she screamed, "If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee," to which Churchill famously replied, "And if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
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SYNONYMS
affray, altercation, bickering, castigation, commotion, controversy, dispute, falling-out, fracas, fuss, quarrel, rumpus, run-in, scrap, set-to, shouting match, squabble, tiff, uproar, to have words, wrangle
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"They had a row with the head of controlling about the budget."
noun
- a noisy argument or fight
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Some non-native English speakers might think of the children's song "row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream" when they hear the word row. For unknown reasons however, row is also another word for a loud argument or fight or a serious disagreement.
Winston Churchill, despite his public image as a calm statesman (which he was) and the ultimate British gentleman (for the most part), in private he rarely hesitated to back down from a good fight. In Chris Wrigley's biography of Churchill, he cites several disagreements between Churchill and Nancy Astor, a rich London socialite and the first female member of parliament. The two disliked each other immensely.
Churchill hated the idea of a woman in parliament and once said to her, "I find the intrusion of a woman into the House of Commons as embarrassing as if she burst into my bathroom when I had nothing with which to defend myself, not even a sponge." She then replied, "Winston, you're not handsome enough to have worries of that kind."
In another row at Blenheim Palace, Churchill's birthplace, Nancy Astor was so angry with Churchill that she screamed, "If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee," to which Churchill famously replied, "And if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
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SYNONYMS
affray, altercation, bickering, castigation, commotion, controversy, dispute, falling-out, fracas, fuss, quarrel, rumpus, run-in, scrap, set-to, shouting match, squabble, tiff, uproar, to have words, wrangle
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"They had a row with the head of controlling about the budget."
