French-English translations for sermonner

harangue
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She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver
jaw
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His jaw dropped in amazement.the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.

lambast
lecture
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It cannot be a relationship where either party feels entitled to lecture or hector the other. Il ne peut s'agir d'une relation dans laquelle l'une des parties estime avoir le droit de sermonner ou de harceler l'autre. During class today the professor delivered an interesting lectureWe will not have lecture tomorrow
sermonise
sermonize
upbraid
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