“A word with" nghĩa là gì?

“A word with (one)" -> nghĩa là một cuộc đối thoại/nói chuyện ngắn hoặc sơ lược với ai, đặc biệt là về sự cảnh cáo, quở trách hoặc cuộc điều tra.

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Oliver's sister Kate Hudson also recently opened up about her time during the pandemic, and revealed that she had initially took it upon herself to have a word with her brother to make sure that he was looking after himself, as his routine in quarantine was very different to her own.

While bowling, he was encountered by a situation that seemed familiar. RCB’s Aaron Finch had walked way out of his crease before a ball was bowled. Ashwin, however, did not do the ‘Mankad’ and allowed him to return back to the crease (nếp gấp). The whole incident had Delhi Capitals’ coach Ricky Ponting laughing out loud as well. Before the start of the season, he had a word with Ashwin to not use Mankad’ as a mode of dismissal.

When my sister called the other day, in a meltdown over our dad’s persistent social life, she pleaded with me to have a word with him. She’d done “bad cop” by yelling at him, and insisting he was going to get himself killed. It was my turn, and I had to do “good cop”. I had to appeal to his emotions, and persuade him to – for our sake at least – stop frolicking (vui nhộn, nô đùa) around as if there isn’t a pandemic on. Which of us is more deranged, it’s – at times – hard to tell. Especially over all the crying and yelling.

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