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tale
Word family
tale /teɪl/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC] → tail
2 STORYa description of interesting or exciting things that happened to someone, often one which is not completely true about every detail 〔未必完全真实的〕陈述；传说，传闻
3 tell tales British EnglishBrELIE to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done 打小报告 SYN American English tattle
Examples from the Corpus
tell tales• Daisy Venables, you naughty girl, have you been telling tales again?• According to the children, telling tales on each other was as bad as cheating.• Nearly anyone who had been in an iron lung could tell tales of being stranded without breathing help.• Edwin was long on charm but short on substance, was the feeling; he told tales a bit too deftly.• "Mum, Daniel's broken a plate." "Don't tell tales, dear."• Of course, Albee is quite accustomed to telling tales about vicious people stuck in broken relationships.• No child should be put in the powerful position of having to tell tales on another child.• No one to tell tales, then.• I don't want to tell tales out of school.
4 tale of woe SAD/UNHAPPY
→ fairy tale, → old wives’ tale at old(24)Examples from the Corpus
tale of woe• He bore a tale of woe from the Old World.• His morose ruminations were interrupted by Benny Katz, who wanted anyone he could find to listen to his tale of woe.• Their musical tales of woe and spiritual import were needed more than ever.• I spend a lot of time recounting tales of woe from friends and readers, but this one is my own.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + tale
a fairy tale
It looked like a castle in a fairy tale.
a folk tale (=a traditional story)
a book of Scottish folk tales
a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn someone about the dangers of something)
This cautionary tale illustrates the dangers of looking for quick profits.
a tall tale (=one that is difficult to believe and unlikely to be true)
verbsShe enjoyed making up tall tales to tell the children.
tell a tale
He liked telling tales of his adventures in the wilderness.
Examples from the Corpus
tale• 'Treasure Island' - a tale of pirates and adventure• During breaks, the group tells presentation disaster tales.• Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales• But her unbalanced monologues feel a bit artificial, her present tragedy less gripping than her tale of the past.• Her story received enormous media coverage, perhaps because many people were fascinated with this incredible tale of political transformations.• But as James' tale develops, it assumes complexity.• She told us many tales about when our father was a child.• Aline's insight underlined my conviction on holiday that this was one tale not for retelling.• In other words, the critical key to James's tales is provided by the tales themselves.• All the same, signalmen can be a fund of unexpected tales and it is always interesting to hear their stories.
cautionary tale• As a cautionary tale this book works very well.• Tootle seems to be essentially a cautionary tale, warning the child to stay on the narrow road of virtue.• It is a cautionary tale told with sad humour on the border between innocence and togetherness.• That is why she offers a cautionary tale about the parent traps facing all women.• I suspect it was a cautionary tale.• Other revelations serve as cautionary tales about the importance of subordinating military officials to civilian authority.• Thank you for your cautionary tale Richard.
telling ... tale• You are always telling me tales of him rebuking you.• He was standing with three friends and telling a tale in which he'd conned some adversary into covering a dubious investment.• In telling his tale of the 30s Brendon paints a vivid and vigorous canvas.• All these are antisemitic texts, telling a tale of conspiracy only slightly more sophisticated than the Protocols.• Of course, Albee is quite accustomed to telling tales about vicious people stuck in broken relationships.• I expect he was telling a tale, but even this made him a very disagreeable character.
Old English talu
tale noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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noun
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tale noun
⇨ story 1
tale
Types of story or play: adaptation, allegory, anecdote...
Descriptions and stories: description, story, picture...
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