telling
/ˈtɛlɪŋ/
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- 2 syllables
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- Short i vowel
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- Final ng sound
tel - ling -> telling
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။
- 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.
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