tell
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～ narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
tell
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～ give evidence; "he was telling on all his former colleague"
tell
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～ give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
tell
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～ discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
tell off
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～ reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
tell apart
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～ mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
tell apart
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～ detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"
tell
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～ mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple"
tell
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～ inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!"
tell on
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～ produce an effect or strain on somebody; "Each step told on his tired legs"
tell
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～ let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
tell
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～ express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
temper
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～ change by restraining or moderating
temper
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～ adjust the pitch (of pianos)
temper
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～ bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
temper
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～ harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
temper
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～ make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; "she tempered her criticism"
temporise
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～ draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"
temporize
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～ draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; "The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote"