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• Loudly berate
• Can this be the speed to read the riot act?
• Method of fighting causing fabric to break in two, reportedly
• Give a good talking-to
• Reprimand for barman not getting any younger
• Denounce, looking back, thanks from storyteller
• Carpet beater needs slight modification
• Rebuke; nagging woman
• Angrily rebuke
• 'I just put my two arms round her,and said 'Come, Bessie! Don't -'.' (Jane Eyre)
• Rate son unfeeling
• Blackleg infiltrating Labour Party slate
• Angrily scold/criticise
• Extremely bizarre charge for carpet
• Special constable getting on nag