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telling-off

noun reprimand, talking-to, row, criticism, lecture, rocket (Brit. & N.Z. informal), wigging (Brit. slang), slating (informal), censure, rebuke, reproach, scolding, ticking-off (informal), dressing-down (informal), reproof, rap on the knuckles I got a severe telling-off for not phoning him.

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telling-off [ˌtelɪŋˈɒf] N → bronca f, reprimenda f
to give sb a telling-off → echar una bronca or regañar a algn

telling-off

n (Brit inf) → Standpauke f (inf); to give somebody a good telling-off → jdn kräftig ausschimpfen, jdm eine (kräftige) Standpauke halten (inf); to get a good telling-off → kräftig ausgeschimpft werden, eine Standpauke bekommen (inf)

telling-off [ˈtɛlɪŋˌɒf] n (fam) to give sb a telling-off → dare a qn una lavata di testa

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