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An example use of tell in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… is also a good way to tell if a camel is …”
Tell means to inform or to give information to someone.
the word tell occurs in english on average 307.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tell can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;