They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk.

他们发生了争论，结果导致汤姆喝醉了酒。

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Have they had an argument?

他们争吵了吗？

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They had an argument and split-up.

他们吵了一架，分手了。

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"We've had people who are walking and they just needed to get out of their house because they had an argument with their parent, so they're texting us as they're calming down, " said Jennifer James, who supervises chat and text outreach for Common Ground, which also serves adults from its base in southeastern Michigan.

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Bebb-Jones is said to have given different accounts about what happened but in each he claimed his wife had left him after an argument while they were on a day trip.

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And, for a third, some Republicans will argue that they did relatively badly on Tuesday because they had been too soft with Mr Clinton (ceding ground to him over the budget, for example) an argument which implies they should now emphasise and punish the president's failings.

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