Covers
Tell
Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Both words in one sentence
- Josh covers the boy's bedroom with candy and Drake starts playing the game sphere with a fancy wireless controller; in the end, both brothers succumb but are unable to tell who did so first.
Source: Cold Turkeys Are Everywhere - Kimihiro Watanuki in Xxx HO Li C is so Keet that eventually Doumeki stops bothering to tell him to quit being so loud and simply covers his ears when Watanuki inevitably gets overexcited.
Source: Keet / Anime and Manga - In an episode "Courtship of Stewie's Father", Quagmire wants to tell of some ridiculous sexual escapade, so Peter covers Stewie's ears and we only see Quagmire's hand movements rather than know the full story.
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