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And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYAges back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSEach day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONHe wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXMonsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYMy husband detests them; on the contrary, I like those carriages, for they tell me of happy—I mean to say, of former times.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSHe could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTTell Lady Maude the candid truth, and take shame and blame to yourself, as you deserve.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODShe would never forget it; but realizing its gravity, she decided thereupon never to tell it—the dream—to anybody.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXWORDS RELATED TO TELL OFF
- advise
- berate
- call down
- call on the carpet
- censure
- check
- chide
- come down hard on
- counsel
- ding
- draw the line
- enjoin
- exhort
- forewarn
- give a going over
- give a piece of one's mind
- glue
- growl
- hoist
- jack up
- notice
- rap
- rap on knuckles
- rebuke
- reprimand
- reprove
- scold
- sit on
- slap on wrist
- speak to
- talk to
- tell a thing or two
- tell off
- upbraid
- warn
- advised
- berated
- called down
- called on the carpet
- came down hard on
- censured
- checked
- chided
- counselled
- dinged
- drew the line
- enjoined
- exhorted
- forewarned
- gave a piece of one's mind
- gave a went over
- glued
- growled
- hoisted
- jacked up
- noticed
- rapped
- rapped on knuckles
- rebuked
- reprimanded
- reproved
- sat on
- scolded
- slapped on wrist
- spoke to
- talked to
- told a thing or two
- told off
- upbraided
- warned
- bawling out
- blistering
- calling down
- castigating
- censuring
- chewing
- chewing out
- chiding
- cuss out
- eating out
- giving one hell
- giving what for
- jawing
- jumping all over
- rail at
- raking over the coals
- rating
- rebuking
- reprimanding
- reproaching
- reproving
- reviling
- scolding
- scorching
- telling off
- tongue-lashing
- upbraiding
- vituperating
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.