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argument ['ɑ:gjʊmənt]∎ they had an argument about politics ils se sont disputés à propos de politique;∎ to get into an argument (with/about) se disputer (avec/à propos de);∎ to obey without argument obéir sans discuter;∎ humorous he had an argument with a lamppost il a rencontré un réverbère∎ for the sake of argument à titre d'exemple;∎ it is open to argument whether... on peut s'interroger pour savoir si...;∎ you should listen to both sides of the argument vous devriez écouter les deux versions de l'histoire;∎ she got the better of the argument elle l'a emporté dans la discussion(c) (reasoning) argument m;∎ I didn't follow his (line of) argument je n'ai pas suivi son raisonnement;∎ their argument was that the plan was too expensive ils soutenaient que le projet était trop cher;∎ there is a strong argument in favour of the proposal il y a de bonnes raisons pour soutenir ou appuyer cette proposition;∎ let us suppose for argument's sake that… supposons à titre d'exemple que… + subjunctive
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