"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
(18) quietly, loudly, gently
Kolokacji: 3
(19) explicitly, expressly
Kolokacji: 2
(21) clearly, exactly, cryptically
Kolokacji: 3
1. clearly tell = najwyraźniej powiedz clearly tell
2. tell exactly = powiedz dokładnie tell exactly
3. cryptically tell = tajemniczo mówić cryptically tell
  • Asking Sarah about the number 9 worries her and she cryptically tells him "I can get you out of here".
  • How Johnson managed this feat is unclear; he later cryptically told a friend that "his friends came about him, and set him up again".
  • "The stick is blue," the pregnant Murphy Brown cryptically told her best friend, Frank.
  • She cryptically tells Guido she'll find a way to get his soul back.
  • When Emma asks what he saw, he cryptically tells her that his dead ex-wife Madelyne Pryor is alive.
  • They talk over their relationship and he finally kisses her, before cryptically telling her "someday" in Greek and leaving for London for school.
  • Prometheus cryptically tells them that he knows of a potential marriage that would lead to Zeus's downfall.
  • Kryten decides to deliberately contract the virus to create an antidote, cryptically telling the crew to 'watch his dreams' before becoming unresponsive.
  • She cryptically tells him to take another guess at the weight of the cake at 4 pounds, 15 1/2 ounces.
  • Katy makes advances towards Cyrus, which he tolerates while cryptically telling the audience that he is "playing Katy".
(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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