talking-to
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈtalking-to noun [countable usually singular] informalTELL somebody OFF an occasion when you talk to someone angrily, especially a child or someone who is below you in rank 申斥，责骂
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talking-to• What Sarah needs is a good talking-to.• With increasing frequency, it seems, the good talking-to becomes a permanent black spot on a school record.ˈtalking-to nounChineseSyllable
occasion when you talk Corpus an to
talking-to
ˈtalking-to
noun [countable usually singular]
informal an occasion when you talk to someone angrily, especially a child or someone who is below you in rank
ˈtalking-to
noun [countable usually singular]informal an occasion when you talk to someone angrily, especially a child or someone who is below you in rank