"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
3. seem to tell = wydawaj się powiedzieć seem to tell
  • Something seemed to tell him that the man was fitted for higher things.
  • He couldn't ever seem to tell the truth, in any kind of weather.
  • I was going about my business with the cattle when something seemed to tell me to arm and come.
  • Something seemed to tell him that all would he well.
  • Even if it seems to tell against him, go on.
  • Then something seemed to tell him that was not the appropriate question, so he asked another.
  • Even the title seems to tell us what we're supposed to think.
  • The image from 2010 seems to tell a different story, however.
  • For days after it happened, I couldn't seem to tell her.
  • His eyes seemed to tell her he knew exactly what she was thinking.
(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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