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The American is a giant in his time; but we are not as they, he is literally a man of to-day; he has to be always in a hurry to make his name tell.
A Heart-Song of To-day Annie Gregg Savigny
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In poker, the involuntary tipoff that a player gives - a swallow, a blink - is called a tell.
After some haggling, a piece of American history heads back home John Kelly 2010
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Ken Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin, Madison says you can learn a lot by watching political ads - they're what poker players call a tell.
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Ken Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin, Madison says you can learn a lot by watching political ads - they're what poker players call a tell.
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Ken Goldstein of the University of Wisconsin, Madison says you can learn a lot by watching political ads - they're what poker players call a tell.
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This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.
Composition 1918
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The judge spoke slowly and deliberately, making each word tell.
The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life Charles Klein 1891
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The function to perform the accumulation is (somewhat confusingly) called tell.
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This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell.
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Or when her husband calls you repeatedly on the phone, begging you not to "tell."
Deborah Schoeberlein: When a Friend Steals from You Deborah Schoeberlein 2010
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