They sit down with the children and scold them for their missteps while preaching good behaviour.

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You know you're a primos-hermano when all the adults in a family can and will scold you for your misdeeds.

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The White House had said Bush was going to also use his Veterans Day speech to scold Congress for not sending him a veterans spending bill.

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Or will an irate prime minister scold it for allowing an impression of sleaze and division to reach the point where party officials have started to say in private memos that Labour is in danger of losing the next election?

ECONOMIST: Politics

There is nothing worse than a formerly promiscuous aunt now on a crusade for moral rectitude playing the harpy and scold in the sick room, elbowing the doctor aside to upbraid the patient with inappropriately timed, self-righteous sermons.

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Or she might scold him, fostering a sense that he was publicly shamed for his conduct.

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As for western countries, Mr Milosevic may think they will merely scold him.

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