tell-tale
41tell — ► VERB (past and past part. told) 1) communicate information to. 2) instruct to do something. 3) relate (a story). 4) (tell on) informal inform on. 5) (tell off) informal reprimand …
42tell its own tale — (or story) be significant or revealing, without any further explanation or comment being necessary the worried expression on Helen s face told its own tale * * * tell its own tale/story f18 idiom to explain itself, without needing any further… …
43tell — [ tel ] (past tense and past participle told [ tould ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 give information ▸ 2 order/advise to do something ▸ 3 recognize something ▸ 4 have clear effect ▸ 5 fail to keep secret ▸ 6 count something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to give… …
44Tell es-Safi — or Tel Zafit ( ar. تل الصافي, ar. Tall aṣ Ṣāfī ; he. תל צפית, he. Tel Tzafit ) is an ancient mound usually identified as Gath, one of the ancient Canaanite and Philistine five cities (along with Gaza, Ekron, Ashkelon, and Ashdod), an… …
45tell — tell1 [tel] vt. told, telling [ME tellen < OE tellan, lit., to calculate, reckon < Gmc * taljan > Ger zahl, number: see TALE] 1. to enumerate; count; reckon [to tell time] 2. to give an account of (a story, etc.) in speech or writing 3.… …
46tale|tell|er — «TAYL TEHL uhr», noun. 1. = talebearer. (Cf. ↑talebearer) 2. a teller of tales or stories; narrator: »You are reminded of those oriental taletellers of the marketplace, whose hands are as eloquent as their voices (Harper s). 3. a person who tells …
47Tell Laura I Love Her — Tell Laura I Love Her, a teenage tragedy song written by Jeff Barry and Ben Raleigh, was an American Top Ten popular music hit for singer Ray Peterson in 1960 on RCA Victor Records, reaching #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later that same …
48tell — [v1] communicate acquaint, advise, announce, apprise, authorize, bid, break the news*, call upon, clue in*, command, confess, declare, direct, disclose, divulge, enjoin, explain, express, fill in*, give facts, give out, impart, inform, instruct,… …
49tell tales — To gossip or pass on (discreditable) information about others, to be a talebearer • • • Main Entry: ↑tale * * * tell tales phrase to inform someone about something bad that someone else has done. This expression is used mainly by children.… …
50tale|tell|ing — «TAYL TEHL ihng», noun, adjective. = talebearing. (Cf. ↑talebearing) …
