tell

1. Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving

   (переходный)To determine the number, amount, or value of [something].

   All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.

2. (непереходный, переходный)To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)

   I can tell that you're thrilled.

   You can tell you've struck a nerve when even the crowd stops laughing.

   unterscheiden, erkennen, sagen

   различа́тьrazličátʹ, различи́тьrazličítʹ, отлича́тьotličátʹ

   відрізня́тиvidriznjáty, відрізни́тиvidriznýty

3. To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.)

   (непереходный, переходный)To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.)

   An expert can tell an original from a forgery.

   Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell.

4. Social senses of communicating

   (ditransitive, переходный)To narrate, to recount.

   I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story.

   narrate or give a detailed account of

5. (ditransitive, переходный)To convey by speech; to say.

   Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies.

6. (переходный)To instruct or inform.

   Please tell me how to do it.

   sagen, erklären

   говори́тьgovorítʹ, сказа́тьskazátʹ, приказа́тьprikazátʹ

   inform positively and with certainty and confidence

7. (переходный)To order; to direct, to say to someone.

   Tell him to go away.

   give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

8. (переходный)To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.

9. (childish, непереходный)To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.

   I saw you steal those sweets! I'm telling!

   petzen

10. (непереходный)To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement — contrasted with show.

    Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.

    sagen, erzählen, mitteilen

    говори́тьgovorítʹ, сказа́тьskazátʹ

    розповіда́тиrozpovidáty, говори́тиhovorýty, каза́тиkazáty

11. Abstract senses related to showing or revealing

    (непереходный)To show, be showing, be revealed.

12. (переходный)To reveal.

    Time will tell what became of him.

1. You should tell him the truth.

   Ты должен был сказать ему правду.

   ukТи повинен розповісти йому правду.

   deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen.

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2. I regret that I told you.

   Я жалею, что я тебе сказал.

   ukЯ жалію, що тобі це сказав.

   deIch bereue, dass ich es dir gesagt habe.

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3. I have something to tell you.

   Мне надо тебе кое-что сказать.

   ukМені потрібно тобі щось сказати.

   deIch habe dir etwas zu sagen.

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4. Please tell me about your trip.

   Расскажи мне о своей поездке, пожалуйста.

   deBitte erzähle mir von deiner Reise.

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5. Please tell me about your problem.

   Расскажи мне о своей проблеме, пожалуйста.

   ukБудь ласка, розкажіть мені про свою проблему.

   deBitte erzähle mir von deinen Problemen.

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неправильный · Урок

• tell offотчитывать, распекатьTo number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
• tell onстучать, настучатьTo inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
• tell apartотличить, различатьTo perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
• tell againstдискредитировать, позоритьTo function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.