I got a severe telling off for not phoning him.

我因没给他打电话，被狠狠训斥了一番。

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Another way that men bond with each other is by telling off-color jokes and stories.

另外一种男人间的打交道方式就是说低俗的笑话或故事。

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These included dressing up nicely for a partner, keeping tabs of his movements and telling off other women who look at him.

这些手段包括为了伴侣好好打扮，留意他的行踪，和斥责那些对自己伴侣“心怀叵测”的女人。

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"No you can't. The gas company turned it off." "Now,what I'm telling you is for your own good.

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At a time when beards meant a great deal religiously, he's telling the men to shave off their beards.

在当时人们把大胡子当做虔诚的象征,彼得却叫人把胡子都刮了

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"I told you before and I am telling you again: get off my land!"

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After a lengthy lecture, Allan let the striker off with a telling off.

BBC: Alex Neil (r) and Steven Thomson in action at St Mirren Park

Dr Peter Evans, from the Sea Watch Foundation, said it might have been a case of a severe telling off due to the two to three day old calf wandering too far away.

BBC: Dolphin baby given 'ticking off'

Had Tuesday's 999 caller followed Sir Alex Ferguson's example, he would have avoided a police telling off - the Manchester United manager was said afterwards to be "too distraught" to speak about the match.

BBC: Manchester United fan calls 999 over Nani's red card