"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 • ...
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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 33
(1) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(3) later, afterward
Kolokacji: 2
(4) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(5) finally, eventually
Kolokacji: 2
(6) actually, vividly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) better, best
Kolokacji: 2
(9) hardly, barely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) initially, originally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) quickly, promptly
Kolokacji: 2
2. generally tell = ogólnie powiedz generally tell
  • And could generally tell them exactly what had happened.
  • We can generally tell when people believe what they say- whether that's actually the truth is sometimes an entirely different matter.
  • One can generally tell the composition of a wall or ceiling by touching it.
  • Watches and clocks generally tell people the time of day.
  • We all have wrist pads, but they're just phones, they don't generally tell us things.
  • The more interesting cases are those involving people who generally tell the truth.
  • And they generally tell me so to my face.
  • And, for better or worse, the videos generally told a story.
  • But because they spend so much time together, players can generally tell if a teammate was drinking heavily the night before.
  • We could generally tell when they were getting ready for a big push.
3. particularly tell = szczególnie powiedz particularly tell
(18) quietly, loudly, gently
Kolokacji: 3
(19) explicitly, expressly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) clearly, exactly, cryptically
Kolokacji: 3
(24) alone, entirely
Kolokacji: 2
(25) tearfully, sadly
Kolokacji: 2
(26) supposedly, purportedly
Kolokacji: 2
(27) reluctantly, defiantly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) definitely, emphatically
Kolokacji: 2
(29) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2
(30) effectively, helpfully
Kolokacji: 2
(31) solemnly, gravely
Kolokacji: 2
(32) practically, matter-of-factly
Kolokacji: 2
(33) accidentally, inadvertently
Kolokacji: 2

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