Sentence examples of "dire" in French with translation "tell"

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Veuillez lui dire d'attendre. Please tell him to wait.
Tu devrais dire la vérité. You should tell the truth.
Je vais te le dire. I am going to tell you that.
Je voulais te le dire. I wanted to tell you.
Je voulais vous le dire. I wanted to tell you.
Peux-tu me dire ton adresse ? Can you tell me your address?
Laisse-moi te dire un secret. Let me tell you a secret.
Ce serait gentil de lui dire. It would be a kindness to tell her.
Elle brûlait de dire le secret. She was burning to tell the secret.
Vous auriez pu me le dire. You might have told me.
Tu devrais toujours dire la vérité. You should always tell the truth.
Peux-tu me dire mon solde ? Could you tell me my balance?
À dire vrai, j'ai menti. The truth is I told a lie.
Tu devrais lui dire la vérité. You should tell him the truth.
Je dois lui dire quelque chose. I have to tell him something.
Tu aurais pu me le dire. You might have told me.
On devrait toujours dire la vérité. You should always tell the truth.
Smith aurait dû dire la vérité. Mr. Smith should have told the truth.
Vous devriez lui dire la vérité. You should tell him the truth.
J'aimerais vous dire quelque chose. I would like to tell you something.
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