all told

US pronunciation

American soundall told

alltold

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

all - told -> all told

Myanmar meaning

စုစုပေါင်း။

Full entry

tell /tel/ v (pt, pp told /tǝƱld/)

၁။ ~ sth (to sb) ပြောသည်။ ပြောပြသည်။ tell jokes/stories ❍ He told the news to everybody in the office. ❍ Did she tell you her name? ❍ They've told us (that) they're not coming. ❍ Tell me where you live. ❍ I can't tell you (ie I cannot find words to express) how happy I am. ❍ They've split up—or so I've been told/so I'm told (ie That is what I have been told). ❍ (used for emphasis): It's not cheap, I can tell you. ❍ It's impossible, I tell you!
၂။ ဖော်ပြသည်။ ညွှန်ပြသည်။ This book tells you all you need to know about buying a house. ❍ This gauge tells you the amount of petrol you have left/how much petrol you have left. ❍ The instructions tell you to replace the filter every 3 months.
၃။ ပြောသည်။ tell lies/the truth. ❍ say
၄။ ဖွင့်ဟ သည်။ ထုတ်ပြောသည်။ ဖောက်သည်ချသည်။ Promise you won't tell. ❍ (infml ) kiss and tell (ie reveal one's love affairs).
၅။ (က) သိနိုင်သည်။ ပြောနိုင်သည်။ It may rain or it may not. It's hard to tell. ❍ You can tell (that) he's angry when he starts shouting a lot. ❍ How do you tell when to change gear? ❍ The only way to tell if you like something is by trying it. (ခ) ~ A from B (esp with can/could/be able to ) (ခွဲခြား) နိုင်သည်။ I can't tell the difference between margarine and butter (ie cannot identify them by their tastes). ❍ Can you tell Tom from his twin brother? ❍ It's difficult to tell them apart. ❍ These kittens look exactly alike—how can you tell which is which?
၆။ ~ (on sb) စကားပြောသည်။ The strain was beginning to tell (on the rescue team). ❍ Her lack of experience told against her (ie was a disadvantage to her).
၇။ ပြောသည်။ ဆိုသည်။ ခိုင်းသည်။ Tell him to wait. ❍ The doctor told me to eat more fresh fruit. ❍ I kept telling myself to keep calm (ie kept repeating it mentally). ❍ Do what I tell you. ❍ Children must do as they're told. ❍ You won't be told (ie won't obey orders or listen to advice), will you? ❍ order
❏ all told [IDM ] အကုန်လုံး။ စုစုပေါင်း။ There are 23 guests coming, all told.
❏ I/I'll tell you what [IDM ] (infml ) (အကြံပေးခြင်း) ငါပြောမယ်…။ I'll tell you what—let's go to the cinema instead.
❏ I told you (so) [IDM ] (infml ) ငါပြောသားပဲ။ He loves to say ‘I told you so!’ when things go wrong.
❏ live, etc to tell the tale [IDM ] တစ်ဦးတည်း သေဘေးမှ လွတ်မြောက်ကျန်ရစ်သည်။
❏ tell its own tale/story [IDM ] ပြောစရာမလို၊ ရှင်းနေတာပဲ။ The empty whisky bottle rolling on the floor told its own tale.
❏ tell me another! [IDM ] (infml ) မင်းပြောတာငါမယုံဘူး။
❏ tell of sth [PHRV ] အသိပေးသည်။ ကြော်ငြာသည်။ notices telling of the proposed job cuts.
❏ tell sb off (for sth/doing sth) [PHRV ] (infml ) ဆူသည်။ ကြိမ်းသည်။ You'll get told off if you're caught doing that. ❍ I told the boys off for making so much noise.
❏ tell on sb [PHRV ] (infml ) တိုင်သည်။ တိုင်ပြောသည်။ John caught his sister smoking and told on her.
❏ tell-tale n (infml derog ) ဖော်ကောင်။ Don't be such a tell-tale!
adj သဲလွန်စ။ ခြေရာ။ tell-tale clues/marks/signs/sounds ❍ the tell-tale smell of cigarette smoke (ie revealing that sb has been smoking).
❏ tell tales (about sb) [IDM ] အတင်းအဖျင်းပြောသည်။ Someone's been telling tales about me, haven't they?
❏ tell the time; (US ) tell time [IDM ] နာရီကြည့်တတ်သည်။ She's only five—she hasn't learnt to tell the time yet.
❏ tell sb where to get off/where they get off [IDM ] (infml ) ဆက်သည်းခံမည်မဟုတ်ဟု သတိပေးသည်။ ရပ်တန်းက ရပ်ရန်ပြောသည်။
❏ telling adj ထိရောက်သော။ a telling argument/example/remark.
❏ tellingly adv ထိထိရောက်ရောက်။
❏ telling-off n (usu sing ) ဩဘာ။ His teacher gave him a telling-off for being late three days running.
❏ to tell (you) the truth [IDM ] (ဝန်ခံသည့်အခါ ပြောသော) အမှန်ကိုပြောရလျှင်…။ To tell the truth, I fell asleep in the middle.
❏ you can never tell; you never can tell [IDM ] ဧကန် ဧက ပြောရခက်သားပဲ။
❏ you're telling me! [IDM ] (infml ) ဟုတ်လိုက်လေ။ မပြောပါနှင့်တော့။

More examples

If you see anything suspicious, tell the police.
[tell someone (that)] : Didn’t he tell you that I wanted to see you?
The passengers were told their flight was about to depart.
[tell someone who/what/why/how etc] : Just tell me what she said.
Were you told when she would be arriving?
[tell someone something] : He finally told me the reason why he was so upset.
[tell someone (something) about something] : ‘Tell me about your day, ’ she said.
I haven’t been told anything about it.
[tell the truth/a lie] : I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
He tells some absolute whoppers (=big lies) sometimes.
Grandpa tells wonderful stories about the old days.
[tell someone something] : Shall I tell you a joke?
The facts themselves don’t tell us much.
Her look of surprise told him that he had guessed right.
The flashing light tells you when the battery needs recharging.
What does this room tell you about the person who lived here?
[tell its own story/tale] : His troubled face told its own story.
I’m not asking you – I’m telling you!
[tell someone to do something] : I told you to be here on time this morning.
[tell someone what/how/when etc] : I told him what to do, but he wouldn’t listen.
You will be told where to sit.
[do as/what you’re told] : Do as you’re told this minute!
He’s lying. I can always tell.
[tell (that)] : Peter could tell that she was bored.

Synonyms

inform, let know, say to, advise, notify, put in the picture, enlighten, acquaint with, acquaint, announce, apprise, articulate, ascertain, ask, authorize, be sure, bid, blab, break the news, calculate, call upon, carry weight, charge, chronicle, clinch, clue in, command, communicate, comprehend, compute, confess, convey, count, count one by one, declare, deduce, depict, describe, determine, differentiate, direct, discern, disclose, discover, discriminate, distinguish, divine, divulge, enjoin, enumerate, explain, expose, express, fill in, find out, give an account of, give facts, give out, gossip, grass, have effect, have force, identify, impart, instruct, judge, keep posted, know, know for certain, lay open, leak, learn, leave word, let in on, let slip, let the cat out of the bag, level, make known, make out, make presence felt, make presence known, mention, militate, narrate, number, numerate, open up, order, perceive, portray, proclaim, put before, recite, reckon, recognize, recount, reel off, register, rehearse, relate, report, represent, request, require, reveal, say, see, set forth, sneak, snitch, speak, spill the beans, spit it out, split on, state, summon, take effect, take its toll, tale, tally, tattle, tell, tell on, understand, utter, voice, weigh

Antonyms

ask, be quiet, conceal, confuse, deceive, deny, disavow, estimate, figure, guess, hide, ignore, keep, keep secret, listen, misinterpret, mislead, miss, misunderstand, mix up, overlook, question, secrete, subtract, suppress, withhold