Altı yaşında o, daktiloyu kullanmayı öğrendi ve öğretmenine el ile yazmayı öğrenmesine gerek kalmadığını söyledi.
- At the age of six he had learned to use the typewriter and told the teacher that he did not need to learn to write by hand.
Babam yatakta kitap okumamamı söyledi.
- My father told me not to read a book in my bed.
Tom'a ne yapması söylenmişse onu yapıyor.
- Tom is only doing what he was told to do.
Tom'a daha önce bunu yapmak zorunda olduğu söylenmişti.
- Tom has already been told he has to do that.
Bana ne demek istediğini söyle.
- Tell me what you mean.
Bununla ne demek istediğini bana söyleyebilir misin?
- Can you tell me what you mean by that?
Tom'un sağlık problemlerini sana anlatmak etik olmazdı.
- It would be unethical for me to tell you about Tom's medical problems.
O, eşine gerçeği anlatmakta tereddüt etmedi.
- He didn't hesitate to tell his wife the truth.
Doğruyu söylemek gerekirse, ben senin baban değilim.
- To tell the truth, I am not your father.
Bana öyle geliyor ki kocam beni arkadaşımla aldatıyor.Ona söylemek istiyorum:Sen kedi çalıyorsun!.
- It appears that my husband is cheating on me with my friend. I want to tell her: You thieving cat!.
O bana babasının öldüğünü söyledi.
- He told me that his father was dead.
Bana pencereyi açık bırakmamı söyledi.
- He told me to leave the window open.
Toplam olarak otuz üye vardı.
- The members numbered thirty, all told.
Toplam olarak yirmi yumurtaya ihtiyacımız var.
- We need twenty eggs all told.
Bazen doğruyu yanlıştan ayırt etmek zordur.
- It is sometimes hard to tell right from wrong.
Jackson'ın ikizlerini ayırt etmek imkansız.
- It's impossible to tell the Jackson twins apart.
Kimin gerçeği söylediğini anlamak zordur.
- It's hard to figure out who's telling the truth.
Lütfen bana nerede yaşayacağını söyle.
- Please tell me where you will live.
Lütfen adresini bana söyle.
- Please tell me your address.
Truth be told; I have never gone that place before, therefore I have no idea about it.
Bilmek istediğin her şeyi sana söyleyeceğim.
- I'll tell you everything you want to know.
Bilmek istediğin her şeyi sana söyleyeceğim.
- I'll tell you everything that you want to know.
Ne düşündüğünü tahmin etmek mümkün değil.
- There is no telling what he is thinking.
Ne zaman geleceğini tahmin etmek mümkün değil.
- There is no telling when they will come.
See that, man! Some flowers and grasses and another leafy branch floated toward us. We both scanned the water and the coastline. Bradley evidently discovered something, or at least thought that he had. He called down for a bucket and a rope, and when they were passed up to him, he lowered the former into the sea and drew it in filled with water. Of this he took a taste, and straightening up, looked into my eyes with an expression of elation--as much as to say I told you so!.
Let's just say I know because a little bird told me.
I think they had over 300 people there, all told.
And in his lap a masse of coyne he told, / And turned vpsidowne, to feede his eye / A couetous desire with his huge threasury.
Please tell me the time.
Tell him to go away.
He seems to like to tell lies.
I want to tell you a story.
Cherry looks old, Mergenthaler told himself. His age is telling. Querulous — that's the word. He's become a whining, querulous old man absorbed with trivialities.
Time will tell what became of him.
Well, certainly there are those who are more responsible than others - and they will be held accountable - but again, truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
... and I told the members of both parties in the house ...
... being told "no" by this business. ...