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telling [ˈtɛlɪŋ] adj 1. having a marked effect or impact a telling blow 2. revealing a telling smile tellingly adv See: track telling. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
telling adjective effective, significant, considerable, marked, striking, powerful, solid, impressive, influential, decisive, potent, forceful, weighty, forcible, trenchant, effectual How a man shaves is a telling clue to his age. minor, slight, trivial, insignificant, lightweight, negligible, unimportant, ineffectual, inconsequential, indecisive, easily ignored Translations telling [ˈtɛlɪŋ] adj (= revealing) [remark, detail] → révélateur/trice (= effective) [argument, criticism] → convaincant(e) with telling effect, to telling effect (= very effectively) → très efficacement n [story] → narration f telling-off telling off [ˌtɛlɪŋˈɒf] n → savon m > to get a telling-off → se faire passer un savon; [child] → se faire gronder tell-tale telltale [ˈtɛlteɪl] n → rapporteur/euse m/f adj [sign] → éloquent(e), révélateur/trice telling adj (= effective) → wirkungsvoll; argument also → schlagend; blow (lit, fig) → empfindlich; (= revealing) → aufschlussreich; blush → verräterisch n (= narration) → Erzählen nt; it loses a lot in the telling → das kann man gar nicht so schön erzählen there is no telling what he may do → man kann nicht sagen or wissen, was er tut; there’s no telling → das lässt sich nicht sagen; there’s no telling how long the talks could last → es lässt sich nicht absehen, wie lange die Gespräche dauern werden; there’s never any telling with him → bei ihm lässt sich das nie sagen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This parrot not only spoke well, but it had the gift of telling all that had been done before it. I obeyed, telling him that perhaps he might send for it again without having so much. You know, I said, that we begin by telling children stories which, though not wholly destitute of truth, are in the main fictitious; and these stories are told them when they are not of an age to learn gymnastics. |
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