āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to tell
01
āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to use words and give someone information
Transitive: to tell sb about sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She told her family about her exciting job offer.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϞāĨ¤
1.1
āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
to make confidential information or a secret known
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' How did you do on the exam? ' ' I 'm not telling. You'll have to wait for the results.'
'āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽāύ āĻāϰā§āĻ?' 'āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ
āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤'
1.2
āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
to use words in order to express or narrate something
Transitive: to tell sth
Ditransitive: to tell sb sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He asked his friend to tell him the truth about what happened.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
1.3
āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϰāĻž
to instruct or recommend someone to do a particular thing
Ditransitive: to tell sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Passengers are required to do as they are told by the flight attendants.
āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻ
ā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āύā§āĻĄā§āύā§āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧠āϤāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
1.4
āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
to provide information or facts about something in non-verbal ways
Ditransitive: to tell sb a piece of information | to tell sb that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The chart tells us the sales performance of the company.
āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž
to realize or determine with confidence
Transitive: to tell that
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
From what I can tell, the weather is going to be nice this weekend.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āĻāĻ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
2.1
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āύāĻž
to be able to differentiate a person or thing from another
Transitive: to tell the difference between two things | to tell that
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you tell which twin is which?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύ āĻā§āύ āϝāĻŽāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāĻŋ?
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž
to have an effect that is noticeable, particularly a harmful one
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The harsh winter is starting to tell on the condition of the roads.
āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻļā§āϤ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĢā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
retell
teller
telling
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