How to pronounce tell
Listen to tell in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tell” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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tell committed to the information tell
UK Parliament · watch from 78:54 · hear it here
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Who will she tell—or tell first?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 67:29 · hear it here
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tell our story and tell it accurately.
USDA · watch from 1:32 · hear it here
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tell you they can’t tell you anything.
State Department · watch from 2:27 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of tell. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.