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told

/tɔʊld/ /toʊld/

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verb

Compter, dénombrer

(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.

Examples :

"All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth."

En tout, il y en avait plus d'une douzaine. Pouvez-vous lire l'heure sur une horloge ? Il avait une richesse incalculable.

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verb

Raconté, dit

Examples :

"I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story."

Je veux raconter une histoire ; je veux vous raconter une histoire.

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Dit, raconta

To convey by speech; to say.

Examples :

"Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies."

Finalement, quelqu'un lui a dit la vérité. Il semble aimer raconter des mensonges.

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Instruire, informer

To instruct or inform.

Examples :

"Please tell me how to do it."

Dites-moi comment faire, s'il vous plaît.

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verb

ordonné, dit à

To order; to direct, to say to someone.

Examples :

"Tell him to go away."

Dites-lui de s'en aller.

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verb

Discerner, remarquer, identifier

To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.

Examples :

"The detective told the subtle difference in the suspect's handwriting. "

Le détective a discerné la subtile différence dans l'écriture du suspect.

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verb

révéler, dévoiler

Examples :

"Time will tell what became of him."

Le temps révélera ce qu'il est devenu.

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Révélé, dévoilé

To be revealed.

Examples :

"The secret was finally told by the teacher in class. "

Le secret a finalement été révélé par le professeur en classe.

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verb

Avoir un effet, se manifester

To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.

Examples :

"Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell."

Sir Gerald se déplaçait plus lentement ; ses blessures commençaient à se manifester.

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Utiliser (des perles) pour prier

To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.

Examples :

"My grandmother told her rosary beads every evening. "

Ma grand-mère utilisait son chapelet tous les soirs pour prier.

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verb

Signaler, dénoncer

To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.

Examples :

"The student was told by the teacher about cheating on the test. "

L'élève a été dénoncé par le professeur pour avoir triché au test.

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Raconté, dit

(authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show

Examples :

"The teacher told the students the rules for the essay contest, rather than demonstrating them through an example. "

Le professeur a dit aux élèves les règles du concours de dissertation, plutôt que de les démontrer par un exemple.

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