A comb for separating flax fibers.
To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to another person.
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Examples for "lecture "
Examples for "lecture "
1 Alexander's lecture will call for reform in Europe, not exit from Europe.
2 To be honest: An unheard voice in education:I lecture in higher education.
3 Professor Pumfrey's lecture will examine current concerns, promising practices and future trends.
4 And the final lecture reduces Thoreau's text to letters and silences, beginning:
5 The Soviet meets in the small lecture theatre of the old Polytechnic.
1 The devil in the centre shouted a fierce harangue into the air.
2 He stood in the doorway and delivered a harangue : You'll be sorry.
3 Jo flung herself back impatiently in the chair, and began an harangue .
4 The major had prepared a long and eulogistic harangue for the occasion.
5 Everybody laughed; but her joke pricked me to shame of my harangue .
1 In all his life, I never had to admonish my son once.
2 Sir, I admonish the people against the object of outcries like these.
3 He quickly returned to the article before Clare could admonish him again.
4 Naughty boys pelted him with rocks, and I thought to admonish them.
5 Confucius replied: Faithfully admonish your friend, and kindly try to lead him.
1 Mickelson's fellow players did not exactly wait in line to berate him.
2 Pretend - berate people in public to see how your game is holding up.
3 Both images continued to yell at and berate him, moving closer still.
4 Brother started forward, stalking the king as Erius continued to berate Tobin.
5 Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either.
1 But I take Parry's point about empowered audiences: theatre crowds seldom heckle .
2 Canvassing is intense, whether by way of measured contribution or heckle .
3 I responded as I might to any other pointed heckle and carried on.
4 The Kiwis can sail, the Brits can heckle , but the Americans?
5 They take to the streets with gusto and heckle politicians at public meetings.
6 They drown it, roast it, beat it, heckle and comb it.
7 Sadly, this Government has become far too complacent to heckle .
8 English Premier League fans won't even have to leave home to heckle their friends.
9 Witnesses said that was when they heard the offensive heckle .
10 With them you can heckle if you expect it back.
11 That's why they yell out and heckle during a show.
12 I can't heckle back, otherwise I totally would and it would be a heckle fight.
13 Passing WikiLeaks supporters would heckle her for obstructing a "freedom fighter".
14 The funniest heckle I've ever had I once got dive-bombed by a bird on stage.
15 He is compelled to repeat the old promises even as the increasingly sceptical voters heckle .
16 While he continued to heckle from the sidelines, her three throws equaled an even fifty.
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