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61tell on — verb 1. give away information about somebody (Freq. 1) He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam • Syn: ↑denounce, ↑betray, ↑give away, ↑rat, ↑grass, ↑shit, ↑ …
62tell — tell1 verb (past and past participle told) 1》 communicate information to. ↘instruct (someone) to do something. ↘relate (a story). ↘reveal (information) in a non verbal way: the figures tell a different story. ↘divulge confidential …
63tell — see tell the truth and shame the devil blood will tell you can’t tell a book by its cover children and fools tell the truth dead men tell no tales every picture tells a story …
64Tell — /tel/, n. Wilhelm /vil helm/. See William Tell. * * * (as used in expressions) Tell Mardikh Tell Asmar Amarna Tell el Tell William * * * ▪ mound also spelled tel , Arabic tall (“hill” or “small elevation”), in Middle Eastern archaeology …
65tell — verb 1 give sb information ADVERB ▪ bluntly, curtly, flatly ▪ She told me bluntly it was my own fault. ▪ gravely, seriously ▪ smugly …
66tell of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tell of : present tense I/you/we/they tell of he/she/it tells of present participle telling of past tense told of past participle told of 1) tell someone of something formal to inform someone about something… …
67tell — Ha i, ha ina, hō ike, ōlelo. To tell tales, ha i mo olelo, kole, pālau, pāka a; ho oholo ōlelo, pekapeka (gossip). To tell of the times, ha i manaw. To tell woes, ōhumuhumu. To tell evil, holehole (fig.). To tell of… …
68tell — See: DO TELL, I LL SAY or I TELL YOU, I LL TELL YOU WHAT, I M TELLING YOU, YOU RE TELLING ME, YOU TELL EM …
69tell — See: DO TELL, I LL SAY or I TELL YOU, I LL TELL YOU WHAT, I M TELLING YOU, YOU RE TELLING ME, YOU TELL EM …
70tell — {{11}}tell (n.) mound, hill, 1864, from Arabic tall, related to Heb. tel mount, hill, heap. {{12}}tell (v.) O.E. tellan to reckon, calculate, consider, account, from P.Gmc. *taljanan to mention in order (Cf. O.S. tellian, O.N. telja, O.Fris.… …
