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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

bàn chuyện ☊

huấn luận ☊

Thảo luận ☊

to discuss, debate; to question
5000FR:

to discuss, debate

ENDE: to discuss besprechen
ENDE: to discuss erörtern

like: to discuss → →

Staying late at the office to discuss shorter working hours rather defeats the object of the exercise! ☊ defeat ☊
I have no desire (= I do not want) to discuss the matter further. ☊ desire ☊
discuss sth: I'm not prepared to discuss this on the phone. ☊ discuss ☊
They met to discuss the possibility of working together. ☊ discuss ☊
discuss when, what, etc...: We need to discuss when we should go. ☊ discuss ☊
It's hardly the time to discuss it now. ☊ hardly ☊
When will you get it into your head (= understand) that I don't want to discuss this any more! ☊ head ☊
They had important matters to discuss. ☊ matter ☊
We tried to discuss the matter calmly and reasonably. ☊ reasonably ☊
refusal to do sth: His refusal to discuss the matter is very annoying. ☊ refusal ☊
refuse to do sth: He flatly refused to discuss the matter. ☊ refuse ☊
We meet regularly to discuss the progress of the project. ☊ regularly ☊
We were split up into groups to discuss the question. ☊ split sb up, split up ☊
I tried to discuss it with her but only succeeded in making her angry (= I failed and did the opposite of what I intended). ☊ succeed ☊
Would now be a suitable moment to discuss my report? ☊ suitable ☊
There is still much to discuss. We shall, therefore, return to this item at our next meeting. ☊ therefore ☊
This is hardly the time to discuss politics. ☊ time ☊
a summit to discuss economic and monetary union ☊ union ☊
I'm perfectly willing to discuss the problem. ☊ willing ☊

discuter ☊ personne ne discute ses ordres ☊
débattre ☊ nous ne sommes pas les seuls à débattre de cette question ☊