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tale [teɪl] N

2. tale LIT:

tale
расска́з m

3. tale (true story):

tale
правди́вая исто́рия f

folk tale N

I . telltale, tell-tale [ˈtelteɪl] N pej

II . telltale, tell-tale [ˈtelteɪl] ADJ

old wives' tale N

Usage examples with tales

dead men tell no tales Am proverbial
мёртвый не ска́жет

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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That opened the floodgates and my email queue has been swamped with similar tales from furious customers.
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Children sat spellbound by his aboriginal tales and wonderful verses.
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The evidence was there -- the wrinkles, the sagging, the gray hair -- the truest tattle-tales of age.
lifestyle.inquirer.net
Along the way, she regaled audiences with fanciful tales of her journey, and seemed to thrive in the lime-light.
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A series of eight supplemental tales were then released in intervals of about four weeks.
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Folk tales say that the town sank beneath the ocean.
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On the mainsail tell-tales are on the leech (aft edge) and when trimmed properly should be streaming backwards.
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She wrote articles, short stories, fairy tales and fairy novels.
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But the numbers can't even begin to encompass the exasperating tales these survey takers witnessed.
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His attempts at discovering the truth also follow his own tradition of ratiocination, a term used in his detective fiction tales.
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