tell off

1. (transitive)To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.

2. (transitive)To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.

3. (transitive)To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.

   abzählen, aufzählen, durchzählen

4. (transitive)To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.

   Joel's boss told him off for being late again.

   ausschimpfen, tadeln

   распекатьraspekatʹ, отчитыватьotčityvatʹ

1. Tom never tells off-color jokes.

   Том ніколи не розповідає непристойні жарти. — deniko

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2. He was told to get off at the station.

   Йому сказали вийти на станції. — aandrusiak

   ruЕму сказали сойти на станции. — odexed

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3. Don't tell me off like that.

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4. You were told to lay off.

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5. She got a proper telling-off.

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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.