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lecture for
lecture someone for something
to give someone a talking-to about something. Please don't lecture me for being late. It won't help now, will it? There is no point in lecturing us for something we didn't do.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Fu | | - | Chinese |
| Randall | | RAN-dəl | English |
| Patricia | | [pə'triʃə] | |
| Luisa | | LWEE-sah (Spanish), LWEE-zah (Italian) | Spanish, Italian |
| Elodia | | - | Spanish |
| Thandiwe | | - | Southern African, Xhosa |