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Meanings of tell in English
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Usage of tell in English
1
New housing figures out today tell an interesting story, particularly about Auckland.
2
She articulated a clear, simple purpose; to tell people about that reality.
3
I tell them it's a great year to take a gap year.
4
New technologies have always given us weird new ways to tell stories.
5
Books for young children combine words with illustrations to tell a story.
6
However, Mr Wilson said part of the community continued to tell untruths.
7
Don't tell me tomorrow isn't the appropriate time to debate gun violence.
8
It said: I'm getting ready to tell the truth about what's happening.
9
Ask Zelandoni to tell you about the number five sometime, Jondalar said.
10
The issue, of course, is that nobody really did tell us so.
11
Statistics tell us that businesses fail all the time in Northern Ireland.
12
Of course, children always ask why, but he would not tell me.
13
They can tell them: 'we are ready to genuinely discuss this problem'.
14
By way of reply, Angharad simply said, I will tell you tonight.
15
She knows it's coming, my question about the leadership; I can tell.
16
Subsequent illustrations & text tell of his efforts to solve the problem.
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Translations for tell
Spanish
Tell through the time
Tell across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
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