tell apart

distinguere

Riconoscere le differenze tra due persone o cose per identificarle separatamente.

In inglese semplice: If you can recognize how two people or things are different, you can identify each one.

• Can you tell them apart?
• I told the twins apart by their voices.
• These keys look so similar that nobody can tell them apart.

Come si usa: tell someone/something apart (I cannot tell these two birds apart.)

Sinonimi: distinguish, differentiate

Espressioni comuni: tell people apart, tell them apart, tell twins apart