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contesa
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altercado
A noisy fight.
disturbance
ruffle
affray
Portuguese
contenda
Portuguese
arranhar
Catalan
esgarrapar
Spanish
rozar
Cause friction.
scratch
rub
fret
chafe
Portuguese
arranhar
scratch
rub
fret
chafe
1
The change would allow companies to build new commercial airports from
scratch
.
2
Problem is, with a new virus, scientists have to start from
scratch
.
3
This company was started from
scratch
and was delivered within a year.
4
Or he'll take a new sheet of paper and start from
scratch
.
5
The South Sudan government had to almost build the country from
scratch
.
1
A headstrong approach will almost definitely
rub
others up the wrong way!
2
But that's the
rub
:
there are tens of thousands of civilians there.
3
It was arousing to feel another's power
rub
against yours that way.
4
Stew tomatoes slowly one-half hour;
rub
through strainer; heat and add soda.
5
You have beaten Austria, it is true; but Russia-thereis the
rub
.
1
We
fret
over which areas will get flooded as sea levels rise.
2
Unfortunately, for now, there is far more to
fret
about than celebrate.
3
The lily may grow; the man must
fret
and toil and spin.
4
We
fret
about mass extinction, but not enough to change our habits.
5
Don't
fret
,
because no qualifications are necessary to trade as an accountant.
1
Many Uighurs
chafe
at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion.
2
Nonentities are never slandered; they
chafe
because they are left in peace.
3
The strings crossed, and the upper began to
chafe
the lower savagely.
4
His terrible headache made him
chafe
at any prolonging of the scene.
5
But perhaps inevitably, the bonds between the team eventually start to
chafe
.
Portuguese
desfilar
Catalan
desgastar
Spanish
raerse
Wear away by rubbing.
frazzle
Portuguese
desfilar
1
I thought it was the result of the
fray
in the Tower.
2
As always, political issues are starting to enter the
fray
,
he said.
3
Analysts say the army is loath to step into the political
fray
.
4
They had been able to join the
fray
at a critical moment.
5
They had been, in their time, in the thick of the
fray
.
6
The combat became fierce, and the king went forward in the
fray
.
7
But now the jam and egg party was joining in the
fray
.
8
By this time the
fray
was spirited and picturesque in the extreme.
9
At that time, Jean Vernocq was in the midst of the
fray
.
10
I was with Bacon in '76, in the
fray
with the Susquehannocks.
11
Right about now their sense of wellbeing may be starting to
fray
.
12
I was determined to be of the
fray
;
my blood was up.
13
Mr Webb, scenting victory, was trying to rise above the
fray
yesterday.
14
With Volcan out, only two potential bidders likely remain in the
fray
.
15
Yet this may be Jeb's only moment to jump into the
fray
.
16
Max laughed and longed for the
fray
;
he was beginning to live.
fray
·
enter the fray
political fray
fray at
start to fray
bloody fray
Portuguese
contenda
arranhar
desfilar
Catalan
contesa
esgarrapar
refregar-se
rascar
ratllar
gratar
polir
arpar
garfinyar
fregar-se
unglejar
desgastar
esfilagarsar
esfilegassar-se
desfer
esfilegar-se
desfilar-se
desfilar
esfilegassar
esfilegar
Spanish
altercado
liza
reyerta
disturbio
rozar
raerse
roerse
gastar