tale
noun/teɪl/
Слово англійською: tale
Переклад tale українською: істо́рія (коро́тка приго́да), ка́зка
Детальний опис
- a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and adventure
- a coming-of-age/morality tale
- tale of something The story is a classic tale of love and betrayal.
- Dickens’ ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
- His latest book is a delightful children’s tale about talking animals.
Homophones tail | taletail tale/teɪl/- tail noun
- The peacock fans out its magnificent tail to attract females.
- tail verb
- A spy is sent to tail the family and find out everything they do.
- tale noun
- She told the children the tale of the tortoise and the hare.
- I love listening to his tales of life at sea.
- I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.
- She regaled us with tales of her wild youth.
- The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match).
- Her experiences provide a cautionary tale (= a warning) for us all.
Word OriginOld English talu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell.
Idioms
live, etc. to tell the tale
- to survive a difficult or dangerous experience so that you can tell others what really happenedTopics Dangerc2
an old wives’ tale
- (disapproving) an old idea or belief that people now know is not correct
tell a different story/tale
- to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told
- These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.
tell its own tale/story
- to explain itself, without needing any further explanation or comment
- Her face told its own story.
tell tales (about something/on somebody)
- to tell somebody about something that another person has done wrong related noun telltale