argue
/ˈɑːɡjuː/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ar - gue -> argue
(v) စကား များသည်။ ခံပြောသည်။ ငြင်းခုံသည်။ ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ ထောက်ခံသည်။ (သို့) ကန့်ကွက်သည်။ (v[sg]) စကားများ
၁။ ~ (with sb) (about/ over sth) စကား များသည်။ ခံပြောသည်။ ငြင်းခုံသည်။ The couple next door are always arguing. ❍ Don't argue with your mother. ❍ We had to argue with the waiter about the price of the meal.
၂။ ~ (for/ against sth) ထောက်ခံသည်။ (သို့) ကန့်ကွက်သည်။ He argues convincingly. ❍ argue for the right to strike ❍ I argued that we needed a larger office. ❍ British Rail have argued the case for reducing the frequency of services.
၃။ (fml ) ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ This latest move argues a change in government thinking.
❏ arguable /'a:gjuǝbl/ adj
၁။ ငြင်းခုံဆွေးနွေးနိုင်သော။ It is arguable that we would be just as efficient with fewer staff.
၂။ စောဒကတက်နိုင်သော။ This account contains many arguable points/statements.
❏ arguably /-ǝbli/ adv မည်သို့ဆိုစေ။ It is, arguably, a more important painting than Van Gogh's ‘Irises’. ❍ Branagh is arguably the best actor of his generation.
❏ argue sb into/out of doing sth [PHRV ] လုပ်သင့်၊ မလုပ်သင့်ကြောင်း ကျိုးကြောင်းပြ၍ တိုက်တွန်း သည်။ They argued him into withdrawing his complaint.
❏ argue the toss [IDM ] (Brit ) ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်အပေါ် သဘောမတူကြောင်း ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုသည်။ It's not worth arguing the toss over such a trivial matter.
- Those girls are always arguing!
- [argue with] : Don’t argue with me – you know I’m right.
- [argue about/over] : We used to argue over who should drive.
- The programme gives people a chance to argue their ideas.
- [argue about/over] : They are still arguing over the details of the contract.
- Successful economies, she argues, are those with the lowest taxes.
- [argue for/against] : Woolf’s report argued for (=supported) an improvement in prison conditions.
- [argue that] : Reuben opposed the new road, arguing that it wasn’t worth spending $25 million to cut seven minutes off drivers’ journey times.
- Several people stood up to argue against (=say they do not support) moving the students to the new school.
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