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  • 81tell\ on — v 1. To tire; wear out; make weak. The ten mile hike told on Bill. 2. informal To tell someone about another s wrong or naughty acts. Used mainly by children. Andy hit a little girl and John told the teacher on Andy. If you hit me, I ll tell… …

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  • 82Tell me — cite web|url=http://www.hku.hk/ppaa/articles/article5.htm|title=幻滅了的政改方案|publisher=Politics and Public Administration Association sss hkusu, The University of Hong Kong|date=2006|accessdate=2007 09 22|language=Traditional Chinese] cquote|Tell me …

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  • 83tell — 1. verb /tɛl/ a) To count or enumerate. All told, there were over a dozen. b) To narrate. Only He who made them can tell the number of the stars, and mark the place of each in the order of the one great dominant spiral …

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  • 84tell — See tell, inform …

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  • 85tell on — phr verb Tell on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑strain …

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  • 86Tell — althochdeutscher Ursprung, Bedeutung vermutlich: der Helle, angelehnt an den Familiennamen des Schweizer Nationalhelden Wilhelm Tell …

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  • 87tell'um — Gullah Words tell, tells, telling, told him, her, it, them …

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  • 88tell — [OE] Tell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *taljan, a derivative of *talō ‘something told’ (from which English gets tale). This in turn was formed from the base *tal , source also of English talk. Beside ‘narrative, discourse’ lies another… …

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  • 89Tell — tel n. family name; William Tell, hero and patriot of Swiss folklore during the early 14th century famous for his skill as an archer; (in Poker game) noticeable change in the conduct of a player that gives clues to said player s hand …

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  • 90Tell Me… —    (David et Eva) Tell Me a Riddle    Drame de Lee Grant, avec Lila Kedrova, Melvyn Douglas, Brooke Adams.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1981   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 30    Résumé    Un vieux couple d émigrés russes vit dans ses… …

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