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betell
verb 4
Collocations
3ADJ.
exceptional
VERB + BETELL
repair
BETELL + NOUN
prosperity
Definitions
verb
1
To speak or tell about; declare; narrate; describe.
Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […]
Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away with.
2
To speak for; answer for; justify.
3
To lay claim to; win; rescue.
4
To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
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Occasionally we do see some short-line road whose track and equipment are kept in such good repair as to betell of exceptional prosperity; […]
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Sid's face disappeared and one of his cursed Gods was glaring instead, through gouged-out sockets that betold of his having loved that which was denied him, a law that not even legends could do away w
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The air pooled in stillness because the winds had died and would never breathe again, and the silence betold a world of solid stone, where the planetary core had gone cold, where no rivers ran and sea
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