to scold someone severely
gronder quelqu'un sévèrement (gron-day kelk-uhn sev-air-eh-ment)
"The coach dressed down the team for sloppy defense."
"L'entraîneur a grondé l'équipe pour une défense négligée." (l'ahnt-reh-nur ah gron-day le-ki-p pour une def-ense nay-glee-zhay.)
to say something positive about someone in order to help the...
to put pressure on someone to make them behave or act a cert...
to allow natural processes to happen without interference
a true and final test of success
to recover from a setback or failure
to begin a new stage or period in life