telescope
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– English
～ crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"
telescope
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– English
～ make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"
televise
— Verb
– English
～ broadcast via television; "The Royal wedding was televised"
telex
— Verb
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～ communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company"
tell on
— Verb
– English
～ give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
tell
— Verb
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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
— Verb
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～ reprimand; "She told the misbehaving student off"
tell apart
— Verb
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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"
lose one's temper
— Verb
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～ get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
temper
— Verb
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～ change by restraining or moderating
temper
— Verb
– English
～ adjust the pitch (of pianos)