"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
1. hardly tell = ledwie powiedz hardly tell
  • Even standing here, I can hardly tell whether you're upset or not.
  • So in the end you can hardly tell one from another.
  • You can hardly tell him what's happened in a written message.
  • It was so dark that I could hardly tell if my eyes had actually opened.
  • You can hardly tell she is playing basketball for the first time in 11 years.
  • But it didn't matter because you could hardly tell the difference.
  • You can hardly tell by the look of them whether they are young or old.
  • He could hardly tell her anything she didn't already know.
  • You can hardly tell a man to his face that you've been waiting for him to go, and he should have done it long ago.
  • But some days you can hardly tell the good guys from the bad.
2. barely tell = ledwie powiedz barely tell
(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
(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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