| query | If facts or events t___ you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech.If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech. The facts tell us that this is not true. I don't think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future. The evidence of our eyes tells us a different story. While most of us feel complacent about our diets, the facts tell a very different story. |
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| word | tell |
| full-definition | verb If you tell someone something, you give them information. In the evening I returned to tell Phyllis our relationship was over. I called Andie to tell her how spectacular the stuff looked. Claire had made me promise to tell her the truth. I only told the truth to the press when the single was released. Tell us about your moment on the summit. Her voice breaking with emotion, she told him: 'It doesn't seem fair.' If you tell something such as a joke, a story, or your personal experiences, you communicate it to other people using speech. His friends say he was always quick to tell a joke. He told his story to The Sunday Times and produced photographs. Will you tell me a story? If you tell someone to do something, you order or advise them to do it. A passer-by told the driver to move his car so that it was not causing an obstruction. She told me on the telephone to come help clean the house. If you tell yourself something, you put it into words in your own mind because you need to encourage or persuade yourself about something. 'Come on,' she told herself. I told myself that I would be satisfied with whatever I could get. If you can tell what is happening or what is true, you are able to judge correctly what is happening or what is true. It was already impossible to tell where the bullet had entered. I couldn't tell if he had been in a fight or had just fallen down. You can tell he's joking. If you can tell one thing from another, you are able to recognize the difference between it and other similar things. I can't really tell the difference between their policies and ours. How do you tell one from another? I had to look twice to tell which was Martin; the twins were almost identical. If you tell, you reveal or give away a secret. Many of the children know who they are but are not telling. If facts or events tell you something, they reveal certain information to you through ways other than speech. The facts tell us that this is not true. I don't think the unemployment rate ever tells us much about the future. The evidence of our eyes tells us a different story. While most of us feel complacent about our diets, the facts tell a very different story. If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect. The pressure began to tell as rain closed in after 20 laps. The strains of office are beginning to tell on the prime minister. |
| inflections | tellstellingtold |
| cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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