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tell

გამოთქმა: /tɛl/

განმარტებულია tell სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

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Universal
  • (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [reporting verb] communicate information to someone in spoken or written words: [with object and clause]:I told her you were coming [with object and direct speech]:‘We have nothing in common,’ she told him [with object]:he’s telling the truth [with two objects]:we must be told the facts
  • [with object and infinitive] order or advise someone to do something:tell him to go away
  • [with object] relate (a story): he tried to make the children laugh by telling jokes [with two objects]:tell me the story again
  • [with object] reveal (information) to someone in a non-verbal way:the figures tell a different story [with two objects]:the smile on her face told him everything
  • [no object] divulge confidential or private information:promise you won’t tell
  • [no object] (tell on) informal inform someone of the misdemeanours of:friends don’t tell on each other
  • 2 [with clause] decide or determine correctly or with certainty:you can tell they’re in love I couldn’t tell if he believed me
  • [with object and adverbial] perceive (the difference between one person or thing and another):I can’t tell the difference between margarine and butter
  • 3 [no object] (of an experience or period of time) have a noticeable, typically harmful, effect on someone:the strain of supporting the family was beginning to tell on him
  • (of a particular factor) play a part in the success or otherwise of someone or something:lack of fitness told against him on his first run of the season
  • 4 archaic count (the members of a group):the shepherd had told all his sheep

as far as one can tell

judging from the available information: the work will take about six weeks, as far as I can tell

I tell you (or I can tell you)

used to emphasize a statement:that took me by surprise, I can tell you!

I (or I'll) tell you what

used to introduce a suggestion:I tell you what, why don’t we meet for lunch tomorrow?

I told you (so)

used to point out that one’s warnings, although ignored, have been proved to be well founded.

tell one's beads

see bead.

tell someone's fortune

see fortune.

tell it like it is

informal describe the true facts of a situation no matter how unpleasant they may be.

tell its own tale (or story)

be significant or revealing, without any further explanation being necessary:the worried expression on Helen’s face told its own tale

tell me about it

informal used as an ironic acknowledgement of one’s familiarity with an unpleasant situation or experience described by someone else.

tell me another

informal used as an expression of incredulity.

tell something a mile off

see mile.

tell that to the marines

see marine.

tell the time (or North American tell time)

be able to ascertain the time from reading the face of a clock or watch.

tell someone where to get off (or where they get off)

informal angrily dismiss or rebuke someone.

tell someone where to put (or what to do with) something

informal angrily reject something:I told him what he could do with his diamond

that would be telling

informal used to convey that one is not prepared to divulge confidential information.

there is no telling

used to convey the impossibility of knowing what has happened or will happen:there’s no telling how she will react

to tell (you) the truth

see truth.

you're telling me

informal used to emphasize that one is already well aware of or in complete agreement with something: ‘That was bad luck.’ ‘You’re telling me!’

tell someone off

  • 1 informal reprimand or scold someone:my parents told me off for coming home late
  • 2 archaic assign a member of a group to a particular task:there used to be a chap told off every day to fetch us beer

tellable

adjective

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