tell+tales
21tell — /tel/ verb past tense and past participle told /tUld/ 1 SAY/INFORMATION (T) to give someone facts or information about something: tell sb (that): She wrote to tell me she couldn t come. | Don t tell me you ve forgotten my birthday again. | Police …
22Tell-tale — A tell tale is a reference indicator or a sign that clearly signals that something else is true or is about to happen.ailingIn a nautical or sailing context a tell tale is a piece of cloth or fabric that is tied or attached to a stay, one of… …
23tell — verb 1) why didn t you tell me before? Syn: inform, notify, apprise, let know, make aware, acquaint with, advise, put in the picture, brief, fill in; alert, warn; informal clue in/up 2) she told the story slowly Syn …
24tell — 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 …
25tell */*/*/ — UK [tel] / US verb Word forms tell : present tense I/you/we/they tell he/she/it tells present participle telling past tense told UK [təʊld] / US [toʊld] past participle told Get it right: tell: Unlike the verb say, the verb tell is usually used… …
26Tell — 1. v. (past and past part. told) 1 tr. relate or narrate in speech or writing; give an account of (tell me a story). 2 tr. make known; express in words; divulge (tell me your name; tell me what you want). 3 tr. reveal or signify to (a person)… …
27tell — 1. v. (past and past part. told) 1 tr. relate or narrate in speech or writing; give an account of (tell me a story). 2 tr. make known; express in words; divulge (tell me your name; tell me what you want). 3 tr. reveal or signify to (a person)… …
28tell — I. /tɛl / (say tel) verb (told, telling) –verb (t) 1. to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell one s life story. 2. to make known by speech or writing (a fact, news, information, etc.); communicate. 3. to …
29tell — 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 …
30tell — 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… …
