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tale

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English definition

    Noun

  • 1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;

    • "his narrative was interesting"
    • "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
  • 2. a trivial lie;

    • "he told a fib about eating his spinach"
    • "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

Example sentences

  • They can't work off that tale on us.

  • What he said sounded like a fairy tale.

  • There is no denying his tale.

  • It is nothing but a traveller's tale.

  • A pat tale aroused a big laugh.

  • The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.

  • Thereby hangs a tale.

  • A long tale gives a child fidgets.

  • Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?

  • He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour.

  • Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.

  • Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?

  • It's a tragic tale.

  • She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.

  • a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer

  • Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia.

  • Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.

  • Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.

  • Few Europeans who had ventured beyond the Himalayas had returned to tell the tale.

  • He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

  • He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.

  • She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

  • You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.

  • Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved.

  • Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory.

  • It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature.

  • Her tale has a consciously youthful tone and storyline, combined with a sly humour.

Phrase collocation

  • a tale of a tub

    (archaic)an apocryphal story

  • tell tales

Synonym discrimination

  • novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale

Meaning of tale

There is relatively little information about tale, maybe you can watch a bilingual story to relax your mood, I wish you a happy day!

Bilingual Reading Of The Day

  • A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a cute little dog. She asks the shopkeeper, "Does your dog bite?"
  • The shopkeeper says, "No, my dog does not bit."
  • The woman tries to pet the dog and the dog bites her.
  • "Ouch!" She says, "I thought you said your dog does not bite!"
  • The shopkeeper replies, "That is not my dog!"
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