scold用在转述上应该没什么问题吧
比如我和同事说我老公批评了孩子，除了说 he scolded him 还能说什么呢？
但是用第二人称确实有点怪。
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Singlish典型用法
不必较真
是这样啊，感觉也是啊
刚在google books上收一下，还是要多读点书啊
“Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters. “Don't keep coughing so, Kitty, for Heaven's sake! You sound as if you have been stricken!” “Mother! What a dreadful thing to say, ...”
看上下文吧
criticise, admonish, reprimand, berate, reproach, blame, taunt, censure, denounce, rebuke, lecture.
我脑子里能想到的至少这些。查下Thesaurus应该还有一大把。