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• stickle — verb /ˈstɪk(ə)l/ a) To argue or struggle . ‘She has other people than poor little you to think about, and has gone abroad with them; so you neednt be in the least afraid shell stickle this time for her rights.’ b) To raise objections; to argue… …   Wiktionary

• stickle — verb dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) • Derivationally related forms: ↑stickler • Hypernyms: ↑argue, ↑contend, ↑debate, ↑fence • Verb Frames: Somebody s …   Useful english dictionary

• brabble — brabblement, n. brabbler, n. /brab euhl/, v., brabbled, brabbling, n. Obs. v.i. 1. to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle. n. 2. noisy, quarrelsome chatter. [1490 1500; < D brabbelen to quarrel, jabber] * * * …   Universalium

• brabble — brab•ble [[t]ˈbræb əl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle 2) noisy, quarrelsome chatter • Etymology: 1490–1500; < D brabbelen to quarrel, jabber brab′ble•ment, n. brab′bler, n …   From formal English to slang

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

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• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

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