adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
telling porkies
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Was he telling porkies again?
telling...life story
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She insisted on telling me her whole life story .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Even more telling is the example of Ralph Snaith, the bailiff of Pontefract.
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There is a more telling comparison.
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The effect will be all the more telling .
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The cadence of the prose in the short version often emphasises meaning with a more telling precision than in the long version.
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And even more telling , the slow, sad exodus of young traders who find they no longer have a job.
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The contrasts between the two men are far more telling .
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In the next chapter, I move on to a more interesting, more telling and more fruitful critique of inductivism.
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Mr. Mellor My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but the international comparisons are even more telling .
most
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The remarkable growth of the Lord Chancellor's chambers into a major department of State has been the most telling event yet.
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The most telling indicator of Railfreight's success in the 1980s was the unprecedented turnround in its financial performance.
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Perhaps the most telling measure of performance comes from a straight comparison with the R25 V6.
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This is your theme, your most telling argument, recommendation or proposal.
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The most telling exchanges came between Sir Lewis and his long-time sparring partner, shareholder James Middlemass.
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In a fight between men who are past their prime, the most telling factor surely must be motivation.
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The greatest, and definitely the most telling damage would be done by nuclear armaments.
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This is the most telling way in which the loss of community may be brought poignantly home to the farm worker.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I can tell you/I'm telling you
I don't mind admitting/telling you/saying etc
I'm not telling (you)
lose something in the translation/telling
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It probably loses something in the translation from the original Latin.
that would be telling
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Well, that would be telling , as Barry Norman would say.
there's no telling what/how etc
you're telling me
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"Wow, it's really hard working outside all day." "You're telling me!"
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The case will have a telling impact on the automotive industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Barnes, moving wide to the left, at last got over a telling cross but Ferdinand completely missed the ball in front of goal.
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The most telling exchanges came between Sir Lewis and his long-time sparring partner, shareholder James Middlemass.
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The tomb stands today as a telling memorial to the period.