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1 tale
tale [teɪl]∎ to tell a tale raconter une histoire;∎ he told them the tale of his escape il leur a raconté son évasion ou fait le récit de son évasion;∎ the astronaut lived/didn't live to tell the tale l'astronaute a survécu/n'a pas survécu pour raconter ce qui s'est passé;∎ his drawn face told the tale of his sufferings ses traits tirés en disaient long sur ses souffrances;∎ this painting tells its own tale ce tableau est très parlant ou se passe de commentaires;∎ tales of romance des histoires fpl romantiques;∎ humorous and thereby hangs a tale et là-dessus il y en aurait à raconter∎ there's a tale going around that they're moving on raconte qu'ils vont déménager;∎ to tell tales (inform) cafter, rapporter;∎ to tell tales on sb raconter des histoires sur le compte de qn;∎ she's been telling tales to the teacher again elle est encore allée cafter ou rapporter à la maîtresse;∎ you shouldn't tell tales il ne faut pas rapporter;∎ figurative to tell tales out of school (be indiscreet) être indiscret, trop parler -
2 Elia
n. Elia, schrijversnaam van Charles Lamb (Engelse essayist), auteur van kinderboek "Tales from Shakespeare" samen met zijn zus Mary Lamb; vrouwelijke voornaam, meisjesnaam; familienaam -
3 of
əv1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) de2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) de3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.) de4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) de5) (showing: a picture of my father.) de6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) de7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.) de8) (about: an account of his work.) de9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) de10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) de11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.) de12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.) de13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.) de14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) menosof prep1. de2.oftr[ɒv, ʊnstressed əv]1 (belonging to) de2 (made from) de3 (containing) de4 (showing a part, a quantity) de5 (partitive use) de6 (dates, distance) de7 (apposition) de8 (by) de9 (originating from, living in) de10 (depicting) de11 (cause) de12 (connected with) de13 (with, having) de14 (description) de15 (after superlative) deof ['ʌv, 'ɑv] prep1) from: dea man of the city: un hombre de la ciudada woman of great ability: una mujer de gran capacidadhe died of the flu: murió de la gripe4) by: dethe works of Shakespeare: las obras de Shakespeare5) (indicating contents, material, or quantity) : dea house of wood: una casa de maderaa glass of water: un vaso de aguathe front of the house: el frente de la casa7) about: sobre, detales of the West: los cuentos del Oestethe city of Caracas: la ciudad de Caracas9) for: por, alove of country: amor por la patriafive minutes of ten: las diez menos cincothe eighth of April: el ocho de abrilofprep.• de prep.• menos prep.ɑːv, ɒv, weak form əv1) (indicating relationship, material, content) deit's made of wood — es de madera, está hecho de madera
a colleague of mine/his — un colega mío/suyo
2) ( descriptive use)3)a) ( partitive use)b) ( with superl) de4)a) ( indicating date) deb) ( indicating time)it's ten (minutes) of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos diez, son diez para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)
it's a quarter of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos cuarto, son un cuarto para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)
Jane, his wife of six months... — Jane, con la que lleva/llevaba casado seis meses...
5) ( on the part of)6) ( inherent in)the senselessness of it all, that's what depresses me — es lo absurdo de todo el asunto lo que me deprime
7) ( indicating cause)what did he die of? — ¿de qué murió?
[ɒv, ǝv]PREP1) (indicating possession) deit's no business of yours — aquí no te metas, no tienes que ver con esto
2) (objective genitive) a, hacia3) (partitive etc) dehow much of this do you need? — ¿cuánto necesitas de eso?
of the 12, two were bad — de los 12, dos estaban pasados
most of all — sobre todo, más que nada
4) (indicating cause) por, de5) (agent)6) (indicating material) demade of steel/paper — hecho de acero/papel
7) (descriptive) dea tragedy of her own making — una tragedia que ella misma había labrado, una tragedia de su propia cosecha
8) (=concerning) dewhat do you think of him? — ¿qué piensas de él?
what of it? — ¿y a ti qué (te) importa?, ¿y qué?
9) (indicating deprivation, riddance)it's a quarter of six — (US) son las seis menos cuarto, falta un cuarto para las seis (LAm)
he died of a Friday — frm murió un viernes
to judge of sth — juzgar algo, opinar sobre algo
he was robbed of his watch — le robaron el reloj, se le robó el reloj
* * *[ɑːv, ɒv], weak form [əv]1) (indicating relationship, material, content) deit's made of wood — es de madera, está hecho de madera
a colleague of mine/his — un colega mío/suyo
2) ( descriptive use)3)a) ( partitive use)b) ( with superl) de4)a) ( indicating date) deb) ( indicating time)it's ten (minutes) of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos diez, son diez para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)
it's a quarter of five — (AmE) son las cinco menos cuarto, son un cuarto para las cinco (AmL exc RPl)
Jane, his wife of six months... — Jane, con la que lleva/llevaba casado seis meses...
5) ( on the part of)6) ( inherent in)the senselessness of it all, that's what depresses me — es lo absurdo de todo el asunto lo que me deprime
7) ( indicating cause)what did he die of? — ¿de qué murió?
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