Throughout, he answered, argued, talked, passionately at times, technically at others, but never lost his cool despite provocation.
They argue, talking over each other's words, horse around, and fight.
They'd argue, talk me off my feet.
It is a charge that even Monbiot admits is not unfair, but he argues: "Talk precedes action".
That said, they argue, talks with Iran should not be open-ended and must be accompanied by economic and political pressure, perhaps applied by Europe, Russia and Saudi Arabia.
We delay because it is argued that talking is too risky – but experience suggests the real risk lies in not talking.
Anthropologists have long argued that talking behind people's backs plays an important role in social relations.
He also argued that talking to the P.L.O. was an essential condition for an agreement with the Palestinians.
The Bush administration argued that talking to Syria, which maintained close relations with Iran and sponsored the terrorist organization Hezbollah, would legitimize its conduct.
This Debate article similarly argues that "talking from the South" not only implies focus on problems experienced in this locale, but also calls for building on the strengths of the theoretical-methodological reasoning that has emerged in the South.
