Sentence examples of "tell porkies" in English
We could not tell the twins one from the other.
Wir konnten die Zwillinge nicht voneinander unterscheiden.
Tom called to tell Mary that he'd be late.
Tom rief an, um Mary zu sagen, dass er später kommen würde.
Tom decided not to tell Mary about what John had done.
Tom entschied sich, Maria nichts von dem zu sagen, was Johannes getan hatte.
Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to Central Park?
Entschuldigen Sie, können Sie mir sagen, wie ich zum Central Park komme?
I went to the woman myself and told her about it, and she said that she also wanted to tell her daughter.
Ich bin selber bei der Frau gewesen und habe es ihr gesagt, und sie sagte, sie wolle es auch ihrer Tochter sagen.
Would you please tell me how to spell that word?
Würdest du mir bitte sagen, wie man das Wort schreibt?
Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Die Mathematiker sind eine Art Franzosen: Redet man zu ihnen, so übersetzen sie es in ihre Sprache, und dann ist es alsbald etwas anderes.
How can you tell an Englishman from an American?
Wie kann man einen Engländer von einem Amerikaner unterscheiden?
I will tell him about it when he comes next time.
Ich werde ihm davon erzählen, wenn er das nächste Mal kommt.
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