amonestar
reprimand ; hand + a reprimand ; censure ; slap + Nombre + down ; admonish ; berate ; tell + Nombe + off ; slap + Nombre + on the wrist ; give + Nombre + a verbal warning ; objurgate ; shout angrily at ; rap + Nombre + knuckles.
At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly = At the next division and department head meeting, Kobitsky was reprimanded and told that she should learn to be an administrator and conduct herself accordingly.
The board of trustees decided to hand Balzac an official reprimand with the warning that if more staff resigned he would be asked to resign himself.
This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network = This agreement must build in incentives to participating libraries as well as methods of censuring those participants which do not fulfil their obligations to the other participating libraries in the network.
Not to put too fine a point on this, and slap me down if I am being rude, but from the questions you are asking I do not think you are ready for a project of this scope.
For nearly half a century librarians have been admonished to use history as a means to prevent mistakes and solve problems.
Unfortunately, many of the writers are simply berating the current situation, holding to rather ancient models of mass culture.
Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
After he was allegedly caught using steroids and slapped on the wrist he stopped using them and his ranking plummeted.
If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.
On being objurgated for breaking the ranks, and asked whether he thought he could beat the enemy single-handed, replied naively, 'Maybe'.
They had no time to waste; Luigi started shouting angrily at the employees in desperation of what was happening.
Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles = Accrediting agencies leave a lot to be desired; at best they rap people's knuckles.
amonestar verbalmente
give + Nombre + a verbal warning
If we caught them necking, we'd give them a verbal warning and send them on their way.