I'm afraid to tell my mother because she might get angry with me and I can't play soccer.

我不敢告诉我妈妈，因为她可能会生我的气，然后我就不能踢足球了。

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Tell my mother it's my older brother, Paul!

请告诉我妈妈是我的哥哥保罗！

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I'll go and tell my mother that you are here.

如果你愿意等一会的话，我去告诉我妈妈你来了。

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The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

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And me, Pierre Riviere, having slit the throat of my mother and my two sisters, I'm going to tell it like it was.

我,皮埃尔·利维埃尔,割开了我母亲和两个妹妹的喉咙,我就按照原样讲

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This is what I tell my mother in law in Brazil every year.

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My mother called to tell me my mother is dead?

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