tell apart

1. (idiomatic)To perceive things as different, or to perceive their difference itself; to differentiate, distinguish, discriminate.

   They are identical twins, and if they dress the same, everybody has trouble telling them apart.

   Can you tell me (apart) from my twin brother?

   auseinanderhalten, unterscheiden

   различа́тьrazličátʹ, различи́тьrazličítʹ, отлича́тьotličátʹ

   розрізня́тиrozriznjáty, розрізни́тиrozriznýty

1. How do you tell them apart?

   Як ти їх відрізняєш? — deniko

   ruКак вы их различаете? — sharptoothed

   deWie unterscheidest du sie voneinander? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I can tell the twins apart, no problem.

   Я можу відрізнити цих близнюків, жодних проблем. — deniko

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3. I can't tell them apart.

   Я не можу їх розрізнити. — Sashka

   ruЯ не могу их различить. — marafon

   deIch kann sie nicht auseinanderhalten. — brauchinet

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4. How can you tell them apart?

   ruКак вы их различаете? — sharptoothed

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5. It's easy to tell them apart.

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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.