tale
21tale — [tāl] n. [ME < OE talu, speech, number, akin to Ger zahl, number, Du taal, speech < IE base * del , to aim, reckon, trick > Gr dolos, L dolus, guile, artifice] 1. something told or related; relation or recital of happenings 2. a) a story …
22tale — tà·le agg.dimostr., agg.indef., pron.dimostr., pron.indef., avv. I. agg.dimostr. FO I 1. di questo genere, di questo tipo; che ha la natura o le caratteristiche cui si è già accennato o si accenna nel discorso: di fronte a una tale reazione non… …
23tale — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, rambling ▪ familiar ▪ amazing, bizarre, curious (esp. BrE), extraordinary, fantastic …
24tale — 01. The students were sharing folk [tales] from their countries in class today. 02. The movie star s descent into poverty is a sad [tale] of drug and alcohol abuse. 03. Survivors of the attack tell a [tale] of mass murder in the village. 04. Hans …
25tale — n. 1) to concoct, make up a tale 2) to narrate, tell a tale 3) an absorbing, exciting, fascinating, gripping; fanciful; grizzly; hair raising, harrowing, shocking tale 4) a fairy; folk tale 5) a tall ( unbelievable ) tale 6) (misc.) to tell tales …
26tale — {{hw}}{{tale}}{{/hw}}A agg. dimostr. (pl. m. e f. tali . ‹Troncato in tal spec. davanti a parole che cominciano per consonante; non si apostrofa mai: una tal attesa , tal angoscia ).Œ (V. nota d uso ELISIONE e TRONCAMENTO) 1 Di questa o di… …
27tale — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. story, account, recital; count[ing], tally; report; fable, yarn, legend; rumor. See description, information. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A story] Syn. anecdote, fairy tale, folk tale; see story . 2. [A… …
28tale — [[t]te͟ɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ tales 1) N COUNT: oft in names A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events. ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales... Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday. 2) N COUNT …
29tale — cro·tale; cu·bi·tale; day·tale; dis·tale; or·bi·tale; tale; tell·tale·ly; …
30tale */*/ — UK [teɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms tale : singular tale plural tales 1) a story about imaginary events or people tale of: tales of bravery and romance 2) a spoken account of someone s experiences, especially when they are made to seem… …
