Tell
To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
To order; to request; to command.
To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
To give an account; to make report.
To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
That which is told; tale; account.
A hill or mound.
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Tell Quotations
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
Oscar Wilde
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
Muhammad Ali
Do you really think it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations which it requires strength, strength and courage to yield to.
Oscar Wilde
Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.
Mark Twain
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Mark Twain
When in doubt tell the truth.
Mark Twain
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
Benjamin Franklin
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Ronald Reagan
You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
John Lennon
Tell Translations
tell in Dutch is zeggen, opgeven
tell in French is enjoindre, dire, charger, racontez, racontons
tell in Italian is narrare
tell in Latin is dico, loquor, fero tuli latum, propono
tell in Portuguese is diga, dizer
tell in Spanish is contar, decir
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