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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| telling adj | figurative (revealing) | veelzeggend, veelbetekenend bn |
| | | onthullend bn |
| | These figures are very telling about the city's financial crisis. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| telling n | informal (account) | verklaring nw de |
| | | verhaal nw het |
| | By his telling, he put out the fire all by himself. |
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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| tell⇒ vtr | (say, say to) | zeggen, vertellen overg.ww |
| | What did you tell him? |
| tell vtr | (inform) | vertellen, zeggen overg.ww |
| | Tell me what he said. |
tell [sb],
tell [sb] that⇒ vtr | (with clause: announce) | iets meedelen, mededelen overg.ww |
| | He told the whole school that he was leaving to become a rock musician. |
| tell [sb] [sth]⇒ vtr | (reveal, divulge) | iets onthullen, verklappen overg.ww |
| | We told them our secret. |
| tell [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep | (recount [sth] to [sb]) | iets tegen iemand vertellen woordgr |
| | He told the story to his daughter. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| tell [sb] to do [sth] v expr | (command, order) | zeggen, bevelen overg.ww |
| | (formeel) | gebieden overg.ww |
| | He told her to clean her room. |
| tell⇒ vi | colloquial (notice) | zien, merken overg.ww |
| | Can you tell that I've put on ten pounds? |
| tell vi | (confess) | vertellen, onthullen overg.ww |
| | I interrogated him, but he would not tell. |
| tell vtr | (distinguish) | onderscheiden, uit elkaar houden overg.ww |
| | Can you tell the difference between these two colours? |
| tell vtr | (identify) | zeggen, uitmaken overg.ww |
| | Can you tell me who it is? |
| tell vtr | (realize) | weten, zeggen, bepalen overg.ww |
| | It's hard to tell who it is in this light. |
| tell vtr | (assure) | verzekeren overg.ww |
| | I have done all the work, I tell you. |
| tell vtr | (explain) | vertellen, uitleggen overg.ww |
| | Tell me exactly how you came to this conclusion. |
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| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| verhalen overg. ww | (vertellen) | tell vtr |
| | | narrate vtr |
| vertellen overg./onoverg. ww | (verhalen) | tell vtr |
| | | narrate vi |
| | | narrate vtr |
| zeggen overg.ww | (vertellen, meedelen) | say vtr |
| | | tell vtr |
| klappen onoverg. ww | (praten) | tell vtr |
| | | talk, speak vi |
| | | chat vi |
| | | blab vtr |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| verkopen overg. ww | (vertellen) | tell vtr |
| | Hij stond daar zomaar leugens te verkopen. |
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Vaste combinatie van werkwoord en voorzetsel
tell | telling |
| tell [sth/sb] apart vtr phrasal sep | informal (distinguish between) | uit elkaar houden, van elkaar onderscheiden overg. uitdr. |
| | The twins are so alike that it's not easy to tell them apart. |
| tell on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | informal (inform against) | verklikken overg. ww |
| | (informeel) | iem. erbij lappen frase |
| | If a little boy does something naughty, his sister will tell on him. |
| tell on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | US, informal, figurative (have an effect on) | een uitwerking hebben frase |
| | After a few glasses, that red wine really starts to tell on you. |
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