My little brother was being scolded by my father when I got home.

我到家时，我小弟弟正在受我父亲的责备。

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The boy cocked a snook at the policemen's back after being scolded.

那男孩在被训斥之后在警察背后做蔑视的手势。

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I feel like a child being scolded by my grandma for stealing a cookie.

我感觉像一个孩子被奶奶责骂因为偷了饼干。

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Those shift points are not about being scolded, guilted or berated into thinking differently about how the world operates.

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Like many Chinese students in the U.S., Ms. Lu disliked writing essays and got flustered after being scolded by a professor for reasons she didn't understand.

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More often they are being scolded as complacent.

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