Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - tale
Tale
tale
n. 1 a narrative or story, esp. fictitious and imaginatively treated. 2 a report of an alleged fact, often malicious or in breach of confidence (all sorts of tales will get about). 3 archaic or literary a number or total (the tale is complete). Phrases and idioms tale of a tub an idle fiction. Etymology: OE talu f. Gmc: cf. TELL(1)
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk Date: before 12th century discourse, talk, 2. a series of events or facts told or presented ; account, b. a report of a private or confidential matter , a libelous report or piece of gossip, 3. a usually imaginative narrative of an event ; story, an intentionally untrue report ; falsehood , 4. count, tally, total ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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