tell

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

   (transitive)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. (intransitive, transitive)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.)

   (intransitive, transitive)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, transitive)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, transitive)To convey by speech; to say.

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

6. (transitive)To instruct or inform.

   Please tell me how to do it.

   sagen, erklären

   говори́тьgovorítʹ, сказа́тьskazátʹ, приказа́тьprikazátʹ

   inform positively and with certainty and confidence

7. (transitive)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. (transitive)To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.

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

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

   petzen

10. (intransitive)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

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

12. (transitive)To reveal.

    Time will tell what became of him.

1. You should tell him the truth.

   Ти повинен розповісти йому правду.

   ruТы должен был сказать ему правду.

   deIhr solltet ihm die Wahrheit sagen.

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2. I regret that I told you.

   Я жалію, що тобі це сказав.

   ruЯ жалею, что я тебе сказал.

   deIch bereue, dass ich es dir gesagt habe.

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3. I have something to tell you.

   Мені потрібно тобі щось сказати.

   ruМне надо тебе кое-что сказать.

   deIch habe dir etwas zu sagen.

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4. Please tell me about your problem.

   Будь ласка, розкажіть мені про свою проблему.

   ruРасскажи мне о своей проблеме, пожалуйста.

   deBitte erzähle mir von deinen Problemen.

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5. You should always tell the truth.

   Завжди треба казати правду.

   ruТы должен всегда говорить правду.

   deMan soll immer die Wahrheit sagen.

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irregular · Lesson

• tell offлаяти, сваритиTo number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
• tell onходити до крамницьTo inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
• tell apartрозрізняти, розрізнитиTo perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.
• tell againstTo function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.