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сочинять, рассказывать сказки, небылицы (отсюда story-teller выдумщик, story-telling рассказывание небылиц; выдумки)What's the good of telling stories? I can't help its hurting you. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Man of Devon’) — К чему эти пустые объяснения? Они только причиняют тебе боль.
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > tell stories
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Общая лексика: выдумывать, лгать, рассказывать небылицы, рассказывать сказки, сочинять, небылицы -
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идиом. ( букв "рассказывать истории") лгать, рассказывать сказкиАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > tell stories
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расска́зывать небыли́цыThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > tell stories
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12 don't tell stories
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16 to tell stories out of school
English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to tell stories out of school
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1. v рассказыватьto tell the full of smth. — рассказывать всё
2. v говориться, рассказываться3. v говорить; сообщатьto tell the time — сказать, который час
4. v разглашать, рассказывать, выбалтывать; выдаватьpromise not to tell — обещайте, что никому не расскажете
tell it to the Jews! — рассказывай!;
5. v разг. ябедничать, наговаривать; жаловаться6. v заверять, уверять; утверждать7. v определять; узнавать; отличать, различатьone can tell that she is intelligent — она умница, это видно
8. v отличаться, выделяться9. v обнаруживать, указывать, показыватьto tell the time — показывать время; показывать, который час
10. v свидетельствовать11. v отзываться, сказываться12. v велеть, приказывать13. v уст. считать, пересчитывать; подсчитывать14. v уст. отсчитывать; платить15. v уст. насчитыватьto tell it like it is — говорить правду; выложить всё начистоту; не кривить душой
time will tell — поживём — увидим
do tell! — вот те на!, не может быть!
16. n курган, искусственный холмСинонимический ряд:1. announce (verb) announce; proclaim; publicise; publicize; publish; ventilate2. command (verb) bid; charge; command; direct; enjoin; instruct; order; require; urge; warn3. count (verb) count; enumerate; number; numerate; tale; tally4. deduce (verb) ascertain; calculate; compute; deduce; differentiate; discern; discriminate; distinguish; identify; know; reckon; recognize; separate5. inform (verb) acquaint; advise; apprise; clew; clue; educate; enlighten; explain; fill in; inform; make known; notify; post; teach; wise up6. narrate (verb) describe; detail; narrate; recount; relate7. report (verb) break; carry; communicate; convey; disclose; get across; impart; pass; report; transmit8. reveal (verb) acknowledge; betray; blab; blab out; confess; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; own; reveal; spill; unbosom; unclose; uncover; uncurtain; unveil9. say (verb) bring out; chime in; come out with; declare; deliver; say; throw out10. speak (verb) express; mention; mouth; speak; utter; word11. state (verb) articulate; enunciate; state; vent; vocalise; voice12. weigh (verb) militate; weighАнтонимический ряд:conceal; listen; persuade -
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Общая лексика: излагать (We sit alone and get the stories in our head that we have to tell down on paper. - Мы сидим в одиночестве и нам приходят в голову истории, которые мы излагаем на бумаге. (О писательстве.)) -
19 tell bedtime stories
Переносный смысл: сказки рассказывать -
20 tell blue stories
Макаров: рассказывать неприличные анекдоты
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