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Common Chinese miscues on English idioms

Updated: 2014-07-09 07:39 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)
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8. "Quarreled"

It may sound strange, but instead of this word I suggest that you can use the word "fight". Like, "My wife and I had a huge fight yesterday!" –of course, it doesn't mean that we hit each other!

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