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Meanings of tell the person in English

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Usage of tell the person in English
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Do you tell the person behind the counter it's for a friend?
Neither here nor there: travels in europe
2
It's a personal way to tell the person you truly value the effort they made.
Reuters
3
Instead, I decided to just tell the person what I was into that particular day.
Introvert power: why your inner life is your hidden strength
4
And you can tell the person you're giving them to all about the hairy sheep.
The Irish Times
5
We never can tell the person quite suited to us; it strikes us in a flash.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
6
Mr Cocker's advice is to tell the person that you know it's a scam and hang up.
Radio NZ
7
Ellis still couldn't tell the person's sex.
Hollow World
8
It doesn't pay to tell the person whose apartment you want to visit that it's his ghost you're after.
Ghosts
9
The face was blistered and cracked, burned so badly he couldn't tell the person's race or even their sex.
Apocalypse of the Dead
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The problem, as ever, is how to tell the person from the persona, and to understand what both might mean.
The Guardian
11
This is then transmitted back to Lee and Yang who would tell the person taking the test which box to tick.
Wired
12
I am real sorry for what I have done, and I am going to tell the person and ask for pardon.
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
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Very often he would answer when it was for someone else, and tell the person he didn't want to speak to them.
The new yorker
14
Say the person's name when you say goodbye and tell the person how much you enjoyed meeting them and hope to see them again.
Reuters
15
She was pleased with herself when she was able to tell the person at the other end of the phone that she was fine.
The new yorker
16
He told the person to finish the job or refund his twenty-two million dollars.
Consent to kill: a thriller
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