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tell

[tel] брит. / амер.
гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. told
1. 1. говорить
  2. рассказывать
2. 1. сообщать, выдавать (тайну), выбалтывать; вербализовать, выражать словами; говорить вслух
  2. (tell on / of) разг. ябедничать; доносить на (кого-л.)
3. 1. делать сообщение, докладывать (о чём-л.)
  2. указывать, показывать, свидетельствовать; уверять, заверять
  3. (tell against) свидетельствовать против (кого-л. / чего-л.)
4. приказывать; настоятельно просить (о чём-л.)
5. 1. = tell from отличать, различать, быть способным видеть разницу между (чем-л. и чем-л.)
  2. выделяться
  3. осознавать, понимать, постигать
6. считать; подсчитывать; пересчитывать
7. служить образцом, свидетельством, примером
8. (tell on) отзываться, сказываться на (ком-л. / чём-л.)
[tel]
сущ.; араб.
курган, искусственный холм

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tell

(told)

сказать, говорить
рассказывать (narrate)
сказать, приказать
(from) различать, отличать (от)
отражаться, сказываться

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"Oh, Clyde," she said at last, "I hardly know how to tell you.
- Ах, Клайд, - сказала она наконец, - я просто не знаю, как сказать!
Dreiser, Theodore / An American TragedyДрайзер, Теодор / Американская трагедия
Американская трагедия
Драйзер, Теодор
© Вершинина З., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Галь Н., перевод на русский язык, 2010
© Издание на русском языке. ООО «Издательство «Эксмо». 2010
An American Tragedy
Dreiser, Theodore
© Horace Liveright, Inc., 1925
© Helen Dreiser, 1953
© Theodore Dreiser, 1926

He looked Athrogate over and decided he didn't need to tell the dwarf that bit of common sense.
Он решил, что не станет разъяснять дворфу столь очевидные истины.
Salvatore, Robert / Promise of the Witch KingСальваторе, Роберт / Заклятие короля-колдуна
Заклятие короля-колдуна
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© ИЦ "Максима", 2007
© Е. Фурсикова, перевод, 2007
Promise of the Witch King
Salvatore, Robert
© 2005 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

"Nothing!" cried Marfa Timofyevna; "you may tell that to others but not to me.
- Ничего? - воскликнула Марфа Тимофеевна, - это ты другим говори, а не мне!
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

I've been telling lies. Why didn't you stop me, Ivan, and tell me I was lying?"
Я врал, отчего ты не остановил меня, Иван... и не сказал, что вру?
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Which scared me a little bit, because I was a little afraid she'd go home and tell her father I called her a pain in the ass.
По правде говоря, я немножко испугался, я испугался, что она пойдет домой и пожалуется своему отцу, что я ее обругал.
Salinger, Jerome / The Catcher in the RyeСэлинджер, Джером / Над пропастью во ржи
Над пропастью во ржи
Сэлинджер, Джером
© Р. Райт-Ковалева (наследник), перевод, 1967
© "Азбука-классика", 2004
The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger, Jerome
© 1945, 1946, 1951 by J. D. Salinger
© renewed 1979 by J. D. Salinger

"But perhaps you can tell me how many fingers you have on your hands?"
-- Может быть знаете однако, сколько у вас на руке пальцев?
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

There was no need for him to tell her he loved her.
Ему не нужно было говорить ей, что он ее любит.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008

Well, good-bye, dear visitors, but listen for one minute, I've something to tell you.
Ну, прощайте, добрые гости; а послушай одну минутку, что я скажу.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

And therefore I tell you that I accept God simply.
А потому и объявляю, что принимаю бога прямо и просто.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

But, above all, tell me quickly what I am to do. for this misery is more than I can bear.”
Но только скажите скорей, что мне делать, потому что я больше не в силах терпеть эту муку.
Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Yellow FaceКонан Дойль, Артур / Желтое лицо
Желтое лицо
Конан Дойль, Артур
© Издательство "Правда", 1966
The Yellow Face
Conan Doyle, Arthur
© 1975 by Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.

I tell you, I will be king in my own domains, and nowhere else; and my first act of dominion shall be to hang the Abbot.”
Говорю вам: я хочу быть королем только в своих собственных владениях и нигде больше! И первым делом моего правления будет повесить аббата.
Scott, Walter / YvanhoeСкотт, Вальтер / Айвенго
Айвенго
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература ", 1962
Yvanhoe
Scott, Walter

To rush in a car, to silence rudely those people who were anxious to tell him things, to cut short conversations on the plea of urgent necessity all this was the breath of life to Inspector Slack.
Прыгнуть на сиденье автомобиля и резко оборвать чьи‑то разглагольствования, поскольку он сам предельно занят, – вот его излюбленная манера.
Christie, Agatha / The Body In The LibraryКристи, Агата / Труп в библиотеке
Труп в библиотеке
Кристи, Агата
© Издательство "Профиздат", 1990
The Body In The Library
Christie, Agatha
© 1941, 1942 by Agatha Christie Mallowan
© renewed 1968, 1970 by Agatha Christie Mallowan

“Can you tell me who benefits financially?”
– Можете мне сказать, кто с его смертью выигрывает в финансовом отношении?
Robb, J.D. / Strangers In DeathРобертс, Нора / Бархатная смерть
Бархатная смерть
Робертс, Нора
© 2008 by Nora Roberts
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© Перевод. Н. Миронова, 2009
Strangers In Death
Robb, J.D.
© 2008 by Nora Roberts

I wrote to Prudence to say that I accepted the proposition of the Comte de N., and that she was to tell him that I would sup with her and him.
Я написала Прюданс, что принимаю предложение графа П., и просила ему передать, что буду ужинать с ним и с ней.
Dumas fils, Alexandre / CamilleДюма-сын, Александр / Дама с камелиями
Дама с камелиями
Дюма-сын, Александр
© Издание на русском языке, оформление. ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2009
Camille
Dumas fils, Alexandre
© New American Library, a division of Penguin Group

I'm the law here, I tell you, the law and the prophets.
Мое слово закон и желание свято!
Wells, Herbert George / The Island of Doctor MoreauУэллс, Герберт / Остров доктора Моро
Остров доктора Моро
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1972
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Wells, Herbert George
© by Stone and Kimball MDCCCXCVI

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telVerbговоритьExamples

to tell goodbye — прощаться
He could think one thing, and tell another. — Он мог думать одно, а говорить другое.

User translations

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1.
скажи, расскажи
(если бы было написано TO TELL, тогда перевести можно было бы как: сказать, рассказать)
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2.
Рассказывать
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cказать ,рассказать
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рассказать
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6.
рассказывать, отличать(одно от другого)
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сказать
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Collocations

do tell!

вот те на

do tell!

не может быть

kiss and tell

интервью, повествующие о любовной связи со знаменитостью

kiss and tell

книга

kiss and tell

статья

show-and-tell

"покажи и расскажи"

show-and-tell

презентация

show-and-tell

публичное представление

tell a fib

наврать

tell a fib

нагородить

tell a yarn about smth

рассказывать байки о чем-л

tell apart

отличать

tell apart

различать

tell noses

голоса

tell noses

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Word forms

tell

verb

Basic forms
Past	told
Imperative	tell
Present Participle (Participle I)	telling
Past Participle (Participle II)	told

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tell	we tell
you tell	you tell
he/she/it tells	they tell

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am telling	we are telling
you are telling	you are telling
he/she/it is telling	they are telling

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have told	we have told
you have told	you have told
he/she/it has told	they have told

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been telling	we have been telling
you have been telling	you have been telling
he/she/it has been telling	they have been telling

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I told	we told
you told	you told
he/she/it told	they told

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was telling	we were telling
you were telling	you were telling
he/she/it was telling	they were telling

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had told	we had told
you had told	you had told
he/she/it had told	they had told

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been telling	we had been telling
you had been telling	you had been telling
he/she/it had been telling	they had been telling

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tell	we shall/will tell
you will tell	you will tell
he/she/it will tell	they will tell

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be telling	we shall/will be telling
you will be telling	you will be telling
he/she/it will be telling	they will be telling

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have told	we shall/will have told
you will have told	you will have told
he/she/it will have told	they will have told

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been telling	we shall/will have been telling
you will have been telling	you will have been telling
he/she/it will have been telling	they will have been telling

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tell	we should/would tell
you would tell	you would tell
he/she/it would tell	they would tell

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be telling	we should/would be telling
you would be telling	you would be telling
he/she/it would be telling	they would be telling

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have told	we should/would have told
you would have told	you would have told
he/she/it would have told	they would have told

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been telling	we should/would have been telling
you would have been telling	you would have been telling
he/she/it would have been telling	they would have been telling

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am told	we are told
you are told	you are told
he/she/it is told	they are told

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being told	we are being told
you are being told	you are being told
he/she/it is being told	they are being told

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been told	we have been told
you have been told	you have been told
he/she/it has been told	they have been told

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was told	we were told
you were told	you were told
he/she/it was told	they were told

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being told	we were being told
you were being told	you were being told
he/she/it was being told	they were being told

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been told	we had been told
you had been told	you had been told
he/she/it had been told	they had been told

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be told	we shall/will be told
you will be told	you will be told
he/she/it will be told	they will be told

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been told	we shall/will have been told
you will have been told	you will have been told
he/she/it will have been told	they will have been told

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

tell

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tell

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Collocations

Word forms

tell

The Universal Dictionary
It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.