tell

tell
verb
1 give sb information
ADVERB
bluntly, curtly, flatly

She told me bluntly it was my own fault.

gravely, seriously
smugly
honestly, truthfully
gently, quietly, softly
falsely
VERB + TELL
want to
be going to

I was going to tell you—I just didn't get around to it.

try to
hate to

I hate to tell you this but I've broken your phone.

let sb

I tried to tell them but they wouldn't let me.

PREPOSITION
about

I told him about the money.

of

No one had told her of the dangers.

to

He told the story to all his friends.

2 order sb
ADVERB
firmly, sternly

‘Calm down,’ he told her firmly.

Tell is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑Bible, ↑clock, ↑common sense, ↑conscience, ↑document, ↑ear, ↑email, ↑expert, ↑expression, ↑eye, ↑film, ↑gauge, ↑history, ↑inscription, ↑instinct, ↑instruction, ↑intuition, ↑judge, ↑letter, ↑message, ↑notice, ↑sense, ↑sign, ↑source, ↑statistics, ↑strain
Tell is used with these nouns as the object: ↑anecdote, ↑briefing, ↑court, ↑difference, ↑fib, ↑fortune, ↑gag, ↑hearing, ↑history, ↑interviewer, ↑joke, ↑journalist, ↑judge, ↑juror, ↑jury, ↑legend, ↑lie, ↑news, ↑news conference, ↑police, ↑press, ↑press conference, ↑reporter, ↑secret, ↑story, ↑superior, ↑tale, ↑time, ↑trial, ↑tribunal, ↑truth, ↑viewer, ↑way, ↑world, ↑yarn

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  • Tell — (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z[ a]hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, t[ae]lle to count …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Tell Me — «Tell Me» Сингл Diddy при участии Кристи …   Википедия

  • tell — [ tɛl ] n. m. • 1866; mot ar. « colline » ♦ Archéol. Colline artificielle, tertre ou tumulus formé par des ruines. « les premières cités édifiées sur les “tells” surhaussés par la ruine des villages précédents » (Leroi Gourhan). ⊗ HOM. Tel. ●… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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