關於Squabble的意思和用法的提問

A: A minor *verbal* fight. Examples...

-Serge squabbled with Alex over whether the Russian national football team would win the World Cup that year.
-When Polina broke Zhenya's skipping rope, they squabbled over who should replace it.

A: argument

A: they were arguing more and they were getting worse... or they were unable to resolve the arguments

A: Noun: a small fight. Verb: to have a small fight. ("the kids squabbled over who got to ride up front in the car")

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A: “The kids were squabbling”, “they were playing, and as its it ends up in a squabble”, “it was a silly squabble over nothing”

A: Thank you so much

A: @revinneil basically just means “who is next”. When children share playing with a single toy, they usually “take turns” playing with one. One will play with it for about 5-10 minutes, then give it to the other child so they can play with it for a little bit. This is “taking turns” with the toy.

A: A squabble is a verbal confrontation. Like a small argument or disagreement but not one that is too serious. "My roommate and I squabbled over who was going to do the dishes that evening."
A skirmish is more of a physical altercation. Not a huge one. Maybe like a small confrontation during a war or even a figurative battle on the playing field during a sports event.
"The news reported only some minor skirmishes from the warfront today."
"There was a heated skirmish on the ice between two opposing hockey players."

A: Nah. Squabble is an informal way to say "argue about". Regardless of what word you add after, it still means that.

A: None that I know of, it's commonly understood both mean the action of having a dissagreement.

A: A skirmish is a brief battle between people with weapons, usually actual military, militia, or gangs. To use "skirmish" instead of "battle" may imply not only that it was brief, but also that it involved a relatively small number of fighters, and possibly that it was not a very significant battle.

A squabble is an argument. Typically there is no violence involved. Usually, the reason for a squabble is something unimportant. Example: The children squabble over who gets to sit in the front seat.

A: @pain_perdu: Not muddy up the water, but I feel the opposite. Squabble is more bantering. Quarrel sounds emotional.

Lovers' quarrel

Squabbling over the price of bread

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A: The first is unnatural. The second one is natural.
"They just don't" has a specific use, but it is not appropriate here.
"They just don't" means "they don't" but with more emphasis.
"They just don't listen to me" = very strong "they don't listen"
"I just don't understand the homework" = very strong "I don't understand"
"They just don't squabble with other gulls" = "They never squabble with..."

A: it can be "I had a squabble with my father this morning and my mother said to me that it proves i'm healthy" or it depends on the situation you're in

A: Squabbles isn't a frequently used term but perfectly correct. There must be many siblings in this argument! I recommend 'quarrel' as a good term for this context

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