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  • сказа́ть

    to say, to tell, to speak, to talk

  • говори́ть

    to speak, to talk

    to say, to tell

  • посла́ть

    to send, to dispatch

    to tell someone to get lost, to swear at, to tell someone where to go

  • рассказа́ть

    to tell, to inform, to report

    to recount, to narrate, to relate

    to explain

  • расска́зывать

    to tell, to relate, to narrate, to recount

  • суди́ть

    to judge, to assess, to form an opinion

    to try (in court), to bring to trial, to put on trial

    to judge (by something), to tell (from something)

    to condemn, to pass judgement on

  • предлага́ть

    to suggest, to propose

    to offer

    to require, to instruct, to tell (someone to do something)

  • веле́ть

    to order, to command, to tell (someone to do something), to bid

  • врать

    to lie, to tell lies, to fib

  • отозва́ться

    to respond, to answer, to reply

    to speak (of), to give one's opinion (about), to give feedback (on)

    to affect, to tell (on), to have an effect (on)

  • незаме́тно

    imperceptibly, unnoticeably

    unnoticed, without being noticed

    it does not show, you cannot tell

  • передава́ть

    to pass, to hand over, to hand

    to pass on (a message), to convey, to tell, to deliver

    to broadcast, to transmit, to air

    to convey, to depict, to render, to portray

    to transfer, to make over, to pass down

  • ука́зывать

    to point at, to point to

    to point out, to indicate, to suggest

    to state, to specify, to give

    to show, to indicate

    to instruct, to direct, to tell (what to do)

  • предупрежда́ть

    to warn, to caution

    to notify in advance, to let know beforehand, to tell in advance

    to prevent, to avert

    to forestall, to anticipate

  • дели́ться

    to share (with someone), to tell (news to someone)

    to be divided, to split up

    to be divisible

  • руга́ть

    to scold, to tell off, to curse out, to rail at

    to criticize harshly, to run down, to pan

  • сочиня́ть

    to write, to compose, to author

    to make up, to invent, to fib, to tell tall tales

  • подсказа́ть

    to tell (how to do something), to give a hint, to prompt

    to suggest, to give (an idea)

  • подели́ться

    to share (with someone), to tell, to confide

    to split up (into groups), to divide up

  • отража́ться

    to be reflected, to be mirrored, to reverberate (of sound)

    to be reflected (in), to show, to be visible

    to affect, to have an effect on, to tell on

  • вы́говорить

    to pronounce, to articulate, to say out loud

    to reprimand, to tell off, to scold

  • гада́ть

    to guess, to conjecture, to speculate, to surmise

    to tell fortunes, to read cards, to practise divination

  • лгать

    to lie, to tell lies

  • совра́ть

    to lie, to tell a lie, to fib

    to make a mistake (in singing or playing), to slip up

  • пове́дать

    to tell, to impart

  • подска́зывать

    to tell (how to do something), to suggest, to give a hint

    to prompt, to whisper the answer, to remind quietly

    to suggest (an idea), to tell (of intuition)

  • отзыва́ться

    to speak (of), to comment (on), to give one's opinion

    to answer, to respond, to reply

    to affect, to tell (on), to have an effect (on)

    to echo, to resound, to reverberate

  • отрази́ться

    to be reflected, to be mirrored, to show (in)

    to affect, to have an impact on, to tell on

  • доноси́ть

    to inform on, to tell on, to denounce, to rat on

    to report, to announce

    to carry (to a place), to bring (all the way)

    to carry to term, to bear (to full term)

    to wear out (clothes), to wear until worn out

  • выгова́ривать

    to pronounce, to articulate, to enunciate

    to reprimand, to scold, to tell off, to reprove

  • ска́зываться

    to affect, to tell on, to have an effect on, to take its toll on

    to show, to be reflected, to make itself felt, to find expression

    to report oneself, to claim to be, to declare oneself

  • сказа́ться

    to affect, to tell on, to make itself felt, to have an effect on

    to claim to be, to pretend to be, to report oneself (sick), to pass oneself off as

  • наговори́ть

    to say a lot of, to talk a lot of, to pour out (words)

    to slander, to speak ill of, to tell tales about

  • ска́зывать

    to say repeatedly, to tell habitually

  • задви́нуть

    to push in, to shove in, to slide in

    to push (under something), to shove aside, to push out of the way

    to bolt, to bar, to shut (with a bolt)

    to tell fibs, to spin a yarn, to lie

  • навра́ть

    to lie, to tell lies, to make up stories

    to make a mistake, to get wrong, to botch

    to slander, to tell lies about

  • бреха́ть

    to yelp, to bark, to lie, to tell lies

  • поруга́ться

    to quarrel, to have a row, to argue, to fall out

    to scold, to tell off, to rail at

    to swear, to curse

  • покрича́ть

    to shout for a while, to yell for a bit, to cry for a while

    to call out (to sb), to give a shout

    to shout at (sb), to scold, to tell off

  • каза́ть

    to show, to indicate, to point out

    to show oneself, to show one's face, to turn up

    to say, to tell, to explain

  • задвига́ть

    to push in, to slide in, to shove in

    to push behind, to shove aside, to push out of the way

    to bolt, to bar, to shut, to block (with sth)

    to fib, to tell tales, to spin a yarn

  • всы́пать

    to pour in, to put in, to sprinkle in

    to thrash, to give a beating, to tell off

  • всыпа́ть

    to pour in, to add (something granular), to sprinkle in

    to thrash, to give a beating, to tell off, to give it (to someone)

  • вы́говориться

    to get something of your chest (to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time)

  • дра́ить

    to scrub, to swab, to scour, to clean

    to scold, to tell off, to give a dressing-down

    to haul taut, to tighten, to lash down

  • загада́ть

    to make a wish

    to pose (a riddle), to set (a riddle), to think of (a number or word)

    to plan ahead, to think ahead

    to seek an answer (in the cards), to tell one's fortune

  • нагова́ривать

    to slander, to badmouth, to tell tales on (somebody), to tell on

    to talk a lot, to say a lot of, to chatter

  • пробира́ть

    to penetrate, to run through, to seize, to grip

    to scold, to tell off, to reprimand

    to weed, to thin out (seedlings)

  • досказа́ть

    to finish, to tell

  • отчита́ть

    to scold, to dress-down, to tell off

  • надра́ить

    to scrub, to polish (to a shine), to swab

    to tell off, to give a telling-off, to chew out

    to haul taut, to tighten, to lash down

  • отряди́ть

    to detach, to detail, to tell off

  • погада́ть

    to tell fortunes, to read someone's fortune, to divine

    to guess, to surmise, to conjecture, to speculate

  • спле́тничать

    to gossip, to tittle-tattle, to tell tales, to talk scandal

  • порассказа́ть

    to tell, to narrate, to recount, to tell a lot

  • поруга́ть

    to scold, to tell off, to give a scolding

    to desecrate, to dishonour, to defile

  • бла́говестить

    to ring the bell for church, to toll for a service

    to spread (news), to tell everyone, to publish, to noise abroad

  • доска́зывать

    to finish telling, to finish saying, to tell to the end, to add (the rest)

  • забрани́ть

    to scold, to tell of

  • заруга́ть

    to scold, to abuse, to tell off

  • налга́ть

    to lie, to tell lies, to tell a pack of lies

    to slander, to tell lies about, to malign

  • нау́шничать

    to tell tales, to inform, to peach

  • отбрива́ть

    to rebuff, to rebuke, to tell off

  • отряжа́ть

    to detach, to detail, to tell off

  • отщёлкать

    to snap (lots of photos), to shoot (a whole roll), to take (a load of pictures)

    to tell off, to dress down, to berate, to abuse (verbally)

    to give a flick to, to flick (repeatedly)

    to finish trilling, to stop singing

  • песо́чить

    to scold, to tell off

  • пуши́ть

    to fluff up, to make fluffy, to fluff out

    to scold, to tell off, to dress down

    to buff (leather), to sand down

  • пробра́ть

    to penetrate, to grip, to seize, to take hold of

    to scold, to tell off, to reprimand

    to weed, to thin out

  • распе́ть

    to sing, to sing out, to perform (a song)

    to scold, to reprimand, to tell off

  • распуши́ть

    to fluff up, to make fluffy, to loosen up

    to give a good scolding, to tell off

  • наспле́тничать

    to gossip, to spread gossip, to tell tales, to talk scandal

  • шепту́н

    whisperer

    tell-tale, sneak, informer, gossip

    charm-whisperer, folk healer, sorcerer

  • я́бедничать

    to inform, to tell tales, to sneak

  • брехну́ть

    to lie, to tell a lie, to fib

    to bark (once), to yelp

    to brag, to boast

  • демаски́рующий

    unmasking, revealing, exposing, tell-tale

  • пове́дывать

    to tell, to narrate, to relate, to impart

  • ворожи́ть

    to tell fortunes, to divine, to practise fortune-telling, to do magic

  • без

    without

    to (in telling time), of (in telling time)

  • я́щик

    box, case, chest, crate

    drawer

    telly, the box, TV set

  • вырази́тельный

    expressive, vivid

    meaningful, telling, significant

  • вы́говор

    reprimand, reproof, dressing-down, telling-off

    pronunciation, accent

  • ру́гань

    bad language, swearing, abuse, cursing

    swearing, scolding, telling-off

  • показа́тельный

    revealing, indicative, telling, significant

    demonstration, exhibition, show

    exemplary, model

  • счётчик

    meter, counter

    counter (person), teller, enumerator

  • брань

    swearing, abuse, bad language, invective

    scolding, telling-off, reproach

    battle, war, fight

  • нау́шник

    headphone, earphone

    earflap, earmuff

    informer, telltale, tattletale

  • красноречи́вый

    eloquent, expressive, telltale

  • весо́мый

    weighty, significant, substantial, telling

    ponderable, having weight

  • разда́ча

    distribution, handing out, giving out, issuing

    beating, dressing-down, telling-off

  • клерк

    clerk, office worker, office employee

    bank clerk, bank teller

  • гада́ние

    fortune-telling, divination, palmistry, card reading

    guessing, guesswork, conjecture, speculation

  • хитре́ц

    slyboots( a person who avoids showing or telling other people what he or she is thinking or intending)

  • нагоня́й

    telling-off, rating, scolding

  • разно́с

    dressing-down, telling-off, blowing-up, scathing review

    delivery, distribution, carrying round

    bursting apart, runaway (of an engine), overspeed

    tray

  • гада́лка

    fortune-teller, soothsayer

  • шарма́нка

    barrel organ, street organ

    telly, box, tube

  • встря́ска

    shaking, jolt, shake-up

    shock, upheaval, jolt (emotional)

    dressing-down, telling-off, talking-to

  • писто́н

    percussion cap, cap (for a toy gun), primer

    eyelet, grommet, lace hole, hollow rivet

    dressing-down, reprimand, telling-off

    piston

    dick, prick, cock

  • привра́ть

    to add lie when telling something

  • прогада́ть

    to miscalculate, to lose out, to make a bad bargain, to misjudge

    to spend money on fortune-telling, to spend time telling fortunes

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