1. tell* fortunes;
(дт.) tell* (smb.) his, her fortune;
2. тк. несов. (о пр., строить догадки) guess (at), surmise (smth.) , conjecture (smth.)
~ о будущем speculate about the future;
~ на кофейной гуще ~ read* the tea-leaves, tell* fortunes in a teacup;
make* wild guesses;
не думал, не ~ал who would have thought it