When two people are forced into a marriage of convenience, they will be an unhappy, bickering couple until the very end.
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Bickering
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17 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- gekrakeel verb (present participle of bicker)
Finnish
2 entries- kiistely noun (petty quarreling)
- kinastelu noun (petty quarreling)
French
1 entries- chamaillerie noun (petty quarreling)
German
1 entries- Gezanke noun (petty quarreling)
Hungarian
3 entries- civódás noun (petty quarreling)
- pörlekedés noun (petty quarreling)
- veszekedés noun (petty quarreling)
Icelandic
1 entries- nagg noun (petty quarreling)
Marathi
3 entries- बाचाबाची noun (petty quarreling)
- भांडण noun (petty quarreling)
- भांडणतंटा noun (petty quarreling)
Russian
1 entries- перебранка noun (petty quarreling)
Spanish
1 entries- riña noun (petty quarreling)
Swedish
2 entries- käbbel noun (petty quarreling)
- käbbla verb (present participle of bicker)
Tocharian B
1 entries- śalna noun (petty quarreling)
Sample sentences
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All this bickering is starting to fray my nerves.
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I'm sick and tired of all this bickering.
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We had a 'come to Jesus' meeting at the office over the bickering and fighting.
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