ADV
- bluntly, curtly, flatly
- She told me bluntly it was my own fault
- gravely
- smugly
- truthfully
- falsely
VERB + TELL
- want to
- be going to
- I was going to tell you?I just didn't get round to it
- try to
- hate to
- I hate to tell you, but the car's a write-off
- let sb
- I tried to tell them but they wouldn't let me
PREP
- about
- I never told him about the money
- of
- No one had told her of the dangers
- to
- He told the story to all his friends
ADV
- firmly, sternly
- 'Calm down,' he told her firmly