How to pronounce tells
Listen to tells in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“tells” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 957 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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It tells them when, and it tells them where.
FAA · watch from 9:24 · hear it here
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Tells you everything. It does It tells you everything and
UK Parliament · watch from 7:06 · hear it here
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since 2014 really tells us a story. Um, it tells us a story that
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 37:01 · hear it here
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a history associated with that that tells it what tells it that when the
FTC · watch from 75:21 · hear it here
Why real speech
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