"tell" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tell verbo

tell + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 639
tell reporters • tell lies • tell investigators • tell jokes • tell dentist • tell Reuters • tell jurors • tell detectives • tell viewers • ...
verbo + tell
Kolokacji: 96
mind telling • keep telling • recall telling • start telling • remember telling • begin telling • try telling • tell before starting • go tell • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(5) want, need, expect, ask
Kolokacji: 7
(6) bother, enable
Kolokacji: 3
(7) refuse, deny, resist
Kolokacji: 3
(8) like, wish, please
Kolokacji: 3
(10) live, remind, regret
Kolokacji: 3
(11) look, rely, seem
Kolokacji: 3
1. tell by looking = powiedz przez patrzenie tell by looking
2. rely to tell = opierać się powiedzieć rely to tell
  • Don't rely on someone else to tell us about an issue if you spot one: it only takes a moment to send a report.
  • "Then perhaps he is relying on you to tell him."
  • Gateway wants investors to rely on it to tell them what is important in their numbers.
  • I seem to remember that Elliot didn't have a watch so he relied on me to tell him what the time was.
  • He was relying upon Cliff to tell him what went on.
  • I will rely on you to tell me if it is working properly.
  • Fire company owners say they rely on workers to tell the truth and provide documentation.
  • Patients are relying on others to tell them about their actions while sleeping.
  • And when they are, I must rely on them to tell me that.
  • They don't want to rely on a god-like figure from above to tell them what's important.
3. seem to tell = wydawaj się powiedzieć seem to tell
(13) threaten, risk
Kolokacji: 2
(14) avoid, beg
Kolokacji: 2
(15) convince, tempt
Kolokacji: 2
tell + preposición
Kolokacji: 48
tell off • tell about • tell by • tell from • tell that • ...
tell + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 121
repeatedly told • once tell • later tell • simply tell • finally tell • actually tell • better tell • immediately tell • ...

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