Collocations for tell - verb

bluntly, curtly, flatly
She told me bluntly it was my own fault.

gravely | smugly | truthfully | falsely

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.

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.

firmly, sternly
‘Calm down,’ he told her firmly.