He wanted to settle a dispute by argument.

他想通过说理解决争端。

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Ma Mou who witnesses to settle a dispute feeling occurrence beginning and end is very angry.

目睹了事情发生始末的马某非常气愤。

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Hell, back in 2006 a Florida judge even ordered two lawyers to settle a dispute with a game of RPS.

甚至在2006年，一个佛罗里达的法官命令两个律师用石头剪刀和步这个游戏来解决争议。

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The public saw the elections as a sign of hope that reasonable people might find a way to settle the bitter dispute over slavery.

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Canada's highest court is moving to settle a dispute over the buyout of the country's largest telecom company that could set an important precedent on the legal position of bondholders.

FORBES: BCE's Block Is Bondholders' Gain

The participants are deemed to be working for a civil-engineering firm, and are sent off to the proposed site of a new bridge to settle a dispute with local residents and officials.

ECONOMIST: Information technology

In March it agreed to a ruling by Japan's fair trade commission to settle a dispute over anticompetitive sales practices. (Intel denies any unlawful conduct.) The European Union and the Korean Fair Trade Commission are now investigating Intel on similar charges.

FORBES: Chips and Guacamole