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  • 41telling-off — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms telling off : singular telling off plural tellings off informal an occasion when you tell someone that you are angry with them for something that they have done …

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  • 42telling off — noun A reprimand, reproach, or lecture. Hes going to get quite a telling off if his dad ever finds out about it …

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  • 43telling-off — noun An instance of telling someone off, a reprimand …

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  • 44telling off — see telling off …

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  • 45telling — 1. adjective a) having force b) revealing information 2. noun a) The act of narration. b) …

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  • 46telling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. effective, striking. See effect, power, importance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. crucial, conspicuous, devastating, significant, valid, revealing; see also effective , important 1 . See Synonym Study …

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  • 47telling — tell·ing || telɪŋ adj. striking; effective n. tale, story tel v. relate; know; discover, discern; command …

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  • 48telling — adjective having a striking or revealing effect; significant. Derivatives tellingly adverb …

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  • 49telling — a. Effective, powerful …

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  • 50telling — adj 1. effective, striking, forceful, cogent, convincing, authoritative, weighty; important, of great import, portentous; influential, forcible, potent, powerful, Literary. puissant, clear, plain, certain, sure, positive, definite, evident,… …

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