- echar un rapapolvo
- (v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + upEx. Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.Ex. Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.Ex. A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.Ex. A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.* * *(v.) = tell + Nombe + off, give + Nombre + a dressing-down, give + Nombre + a telling-off, chew + Nombre + up
Ex: Teachers should tackle bad behaviour in class by praising their pupils instead of telling them off, according to research published today.
Ex: Teachers can reduce a child to tears by picking them out in an assembly and giving her a dressing down in front of the whole school.Ex: A ward sister then arrived and gave them a telling off for not getting on with their work.Ex: A war of words went up when Jewish zealots redacted out this or that word or phrase in order to deny Joshua, and the Christians chewed them up for it.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.