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Definition for tell

verb as in narrate, describe

verb as in understand, discern

verb as in carry weight

verb as in calculate

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“You have to be very controversial to break through,” Mr. Schlossberg told the Times in his own defense.

MBS has reversed all those decisions and recently told a visiting head of state, “Be patient, you can’t change things all at once. I laugh at myself when I look back now.”

“This time last year, when I played this show, I was going through it,” Carpenter told the crowd Sunday night.

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He told the BBC's Scotcast that the home secretary's reforms would make the rules "fit for purpose for the 21st Century".

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The dreamer will tell you the fact Scotland are still in the hunt means it's written in the stars.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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