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“told”
told, tolled
told (TOHLD) (TOH) (verb)
1. To have explained something in detail: "I told you yesterday why we were not going shopping tonight."
2. Having described or explained something in words, verbal or written: "She told me about her dreams to be an actress when we were both children."
2. Having described or explained something in words, verbal or written: "She told me about her dreams to be an actress when we were both children."
"The letter from the bank told us about the financial situation that we would have to face."
3. To have ordered, directed, or admonished: "If I told you once, I have told you a thousand times, don't go there."tolled (TOHLD) (TOH) (verb)
1. To have bells ringing for a special occasion: "The bells tolled all night after their beloved king died."
2. Something that was encouraged or lured to a specific location: "The farmer tolled the cattle to the barn by blowing on a special whistle."
3. Having decoyed game; especially, ducks: "The hunter tolled the ducks to land near the decoys of floating imitations of ducks."
2. Something that was encouraged or lured to a specific location: "The farmer tolled the cattle to the barn by blowing on a special whistle."
3. Having decoyed game; especially, ducks: "The hunter tolled the ducks to land near the decoys of floating imitations of ducks."
We were told that the bells at the church tolled every evening at 6 P.M. which helped to remind the farmers it was time they tolled their cattle in from the fields.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(something people get tired of hearing someone say, "I told you it would happen.")
(a story told with an emphasis on Latin and Greek roots and affixes)
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“told”
Secret: something that is told to just one person at a time.
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paraprosdokian, paraprosdokia
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