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1 telltale
adjective (giving information (often which a person would not wish to be known): the telltale signs of guilt.) izdajalski* * *[télteil]1.nounklepetulja; donašalec; ovaduh; prišepetalec; izdajalsko znamenje (znak); technical avtomatska registrska naprava, zlasti kontrolna ura; nautical viseč kompas (v kapitanovi kabini);2.adjectiveklepetav; razkrivajoč skrivnost, izdajalski; technical svarilena telltale sigh — vzdih, ki veliko pove -
2 sneak
[sni:k] 1. verb1) (to go quietly and secretly, especially for a dishonest purpose: He must have sneaked into my room when no-one was looking and stolen the money.) vtihotapiti se2) (to take secretly: He sneaked the letter out of her drawer.) zmakniti2. noun(a mean, deceitful person, especially a telltale.) ovaduh- sneakers- sneaking
- sneaky
- sneakiness* * *I [sni:k]nounfiguratively klečeplazec, prihuljenec, hinavec, podel strahopetec; British English slang tožljivec (v šoli)II [sni:k]intransitive verb (skrivaj) se plaziti, vtihotapiti se ( into v); figuratively klečeplaziti, prilizovati se; figuratively izvleči se ( out of iz)to sneak about (round) — okoli se plaziti, vohljatito sneak away (off, out) — odplaziti seto sneak up on s.o. — priplaziti se h komu; transitive verb slang tožariti (v šoli); slang ukrasti, zmakniti, "suniti"; (skrivaj) vtihotapiti -
3 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) povedati2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) reči3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) govoriti4) (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.) prepoznati5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) izklepetati6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) poznati se•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell* * *[tel]1.transitive verbpovedati, 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 skupajtell me another! slang tega mi ne boš natvezel!I'll tell you the world American o tem sem prepričanto tell s.th. abroad — pripovedovati kaj okoli, raznašati kajto tell one's money American šteti svoj denarto tell one's beads religion moliti rožni venecto tell the news — naznaniti, povedati, objaviti novicoto tell the tale colloquially pripovedovati (povedati) žalostno zgodbo (ne da bi zbudili usmiljenje)to tell tales — zbrbljati, izklepetati; opravljati, obirati; spletkaritito tell the votes politics šteti glasovehe told him to go — rekel (ukazal) mu je, naj grenever tell me! — ne čvekaj mi! ne kvasi mi jih!this tells its own tale — to se razume samo po sebi, to je jasnowe were told to get up — rekli so nam, naj vstanemoyou're telling me! slang tega mi ni treba praviti!; komu pripovedujeto to?; kot, da jaz tega ne vem!;2.intransitive verbpripovedovati, govoriti, praviti; obvestiti, informirati ( about o); spoznati, vedeti (by po); imeti posledice, postati očiten, očitno se pokazati; colloquially izdati, ovaditi, zatožitihow can you tell? — kako morete to vedeti?to tell on ( —ali of) s.o. — izdati, zatožiti kogathat tells against you — to govori proti tebi;
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Telltale — may refer to* A tell tale, a nautical navigational aid * Telltale Games, a video game developer * Telltale, a group of musicians who played the music for the first series of the British television programme Rainbow in the 1970s * A type of… … Wikipedia
Telltale — Tell tale , a. Telling tales; babbling. The telltale heart. Poe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — [tel′tāl΄] n. 1. a person who tells secrets or informs; talebearer; tattler 2. an outward indication of something secret 3. any of various devices for indicating or recording information; indicator; specif., ☆ a) a row of dangling ropes, etc.… … English World dictionary
Telltale — Tell tale , n. 1. One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A movable piece of ivory, lead, or other material, connected with the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — 1540s (n.), 1590s (adj.), from TELL (Cf. tell) + TALE (Cf. tale), in phrase to tell a tale relate a false or exaggerated story (late 13c.) … Etymology dictionary
telltale — [adj] revealing disclosing, evidential, giveaway, indicatory, informative, meaningful, pointing to, prognostic, significant, significatory, suggestive; concept 267 … New thesaurus
telltale — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ revealing or betraying something. ► NOUN ▪ a person who tells tales … English terms dictionary
telltale — Tattler Tat tler, n. 1. One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large, long legged sandpipers belonging to the genus {Totanus}. [1913 Webster] Note: The common… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
telltale — tell|tale1 [ˈtelteıl] adj telltale signs/marks etc signs etc that clearly show something has happened or exists, often something that is a secret ▪ They examined the child carefully, looking for telltale signs of abuse. telltale 2 telltale2 n BrE … Dictionary of contemporary English
telltale — tell|tale1 [ tel,teıl ] adjective telltale signs of something are obvious signs that it exists or it has happened: the telltale signs of lead poisoning telltale tell|tale 2 [ tel,teıl ] noun count BRITISH INFORMAL a TATTLE TALE … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
telltale — I UK [ˈtelˌteɪl] / US adjective telltale signs of something are obvious signs that it exists or it has happened II UK [ˈtelˌteɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms telltale : singular telltale plural telltales British informal showing disapproval… … English dictionary