ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
: dressing down , lecture
came down and gave me a tremendous talking-to — Rebecca West
thought I would give him a talking-to in a nice way — Mary S. Watts
ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s )
: dressing down , lecture
came down and gave me a tremendous talking-to — Rebecca West
thought I would give him a talking-to in a nice way — Mary S. Watts
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012