Tell

(noun.) a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap).

(verb.) discern or comprehend; 'He could tell that she was unhappy'.

(verb.) let something be known; 'Tell them that you will be late'.

(verb.) narrate or give a detailed account of; 'Tell what happened'; 'The father told a story to his child'.

(verb.) give evidence; 'he was telling on all his former colleague'.

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• But please to tell me at once what you have done. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I could tell you a story about that same uncle, gentlemen, that would rather surprise you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He had not dared to tell it sooner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He could not tell me that; he saw me, and over my shoulder he saw the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• She would have spoken to tell her husband her fears, but checked herself. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Truth to tell, the supper had been waiting a most unreasonable time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I don't tell amusing stories, he said curtly, and walked across to the piano. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Remember what I told you on the moor--and ask yourself what my assertion is worth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We went to the 'commissionaire' of the hotel--I don't know what a 'commissionaire' is, but that is the man we went to--and told him we wanted a guide. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I must do what I am told. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• But practical sense told them that sex cannot be confined within marriage. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There were only these few words in her neatly flowing hand:-- I have told Mrs. Casaubon. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Tom, love, I am telling Mr. Harthouse that he never saw you abroad. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• It would have been almost as good as telling him that she was the thief. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I was this moment telling Jane, I thought you would begin to be impatient for tidings of us. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Thank you, Dobbin, he said, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles, I was just--just telling her I would. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I don't think, Mr. Hale, you have done quite right in introducing such a person to us without telling us what he had been. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Edison has always had an amused admiration for Bergmann, and his social side is often made evident by his love of telling stories about those days of struggle. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Letterblair tells me the financial question has been settled-- Oh, yes, she said indifferently. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• If one leads you wrong, I am sure the other tells you of it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Wait till Bill tells you, then. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I don't know how, but the book tells. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If he tells you that socialism is against human nature, we have a perfect right to ask where he proved the possibilities of human nature. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• See what tidings that horn tells us of--to announce, I ween, some hership [12] and robbery which has been done upon my lands. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Edison himself tells the story of what happened. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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