ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!

1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) povedati

2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) reči

3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) govoriti

4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) prepoznati

5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) izklepetati

6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) poznati se

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povedati, pripovedovati, reči; izreči, izraziti, izpovedati; izdati; (po)kazati (o uri); obvestiti, sporočiti, navesti, (ob)javiti, označiti; prikazati, razlagati, razjasniti, prepričevati, trditi; zapovedati, ukazati, naročiti; izmisliti; poznati, prepoznati, razlikovati, (raz)ločiti; parliament šteti (glasove)

all told — (vzeto) v celem, v celoti, vse skupaj

tell me another! slang tega mi ne boš natvezel!

I was told (so) — rekli so mi (tako)

I'll tell you what — nekaj ti bom povedal (izdal)

I'll tell you the world American o tem sem prepričan

I can tell you — zagotavljam vam

I cannot tell him from his brother — ne razlikujem ga od njegovega brata

to tell s.th. abroad — pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kaj

to tell fortunes from cards — vedeževati iz kart

to tell one's money American šteti svoj denar

to tell one's beads religion moliti rožni venec

to tell one's name — povedati svoje ime

to tell the news — naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novico

to tell a lie ( —ali lies) — lagati

to tell the reason — navesti razlog

to tell the tale colloquially pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)

to tell tales — zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkariti

to tell the truth — povedati resnico

to tell the votes politics šteti glasove

he told him to go — rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj gre

he can be told by his hat — lahko ga prepoznate po njegovem klobuku

never tell me! — ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!

the clock tells the time — ura kaže čas

this tells its own tale — to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasno

we were told to get up — rekli so nam, naj vstanemo

you're telling me! slang tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!;

pripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati ( about o); spoznati, vedeti (by po); imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati; colloquially izdati, ovaditi, zatožiti

for all we can tell — kolikor mi vemo

who can tell — kdo ve

how can you tell? — kako morete to vedeti?

you never can tell — človek nikoli ne ve

every shot tells — vsak strel pogodi

her tears tell of her grief — njene solze izdajajo njeno bolečino

to tell on ( —ali of) s.o. — izdati, zatožiti koga

don't tell on me — ne izdaj(te) me!

the hard work began to tell on her — težko delo je začelo puščati sledove na njej

that tells against you — to govori proti tebi;