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"Give them a good talking to" nghĩa là gì?
17 Oct, 2019
Cứ không cẩn thận như thế này hoài bảo sao không la cho được! Photo by George Kroeker on Unsplash
"Give someone a good talking to" = đưa ra một bài nói chuyện tử tế với ai đó -> cụm từ này nghĩa là khiển trách, la mắng ai một cách nghiêm khắc.
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First things first, he drags the motley crew down to the kitchen to give them a good talking to. No fighting, no cocaine, no trouble.
So Moscow and its local helpers will stand guard to keep the Fox in the henhouse. And if Russia doesn’t stop campaigning in American elections in the next few years, our President is going to give them a good talking-to.
“The Queen decided to use her Christmas lunch as an opportunity to pull Meghan and Kate aside and give them a good talking to,” reveals a palace source. “Just before the meal was due to start, she took the pair into a private room and told them that they must mend their rift and stop fighting."
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