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• Tale — Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax, also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tale — W3 [teıl] n [: Old English; Origin: talu] 1.) a story about exciting imaginary events tale of ▪ tales of adventure ▪ a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) ▪ a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen ▪ a caution …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Tale — may refer to:*Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger *Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking… …   Wikipedia

• Tale of the Troika — (Сказка о Тройке) is a 1968 satirical science fiction novel written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky that criticises both Soviet bureaucracy and somewhat the Soviet scientific environment. Although the novel itself is not directed against state per …   Wikipedia

• tale — ► NOUN 1) a narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted. 2) a lie. ORIGIN Old English, «telling, something told» …   English terms dictionary

• tale — [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 …   English World dictionary

• tale — 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 …   Grammatical examples in English

• Told — Tell Tell (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z[ a]hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tale of Beryn, The — (Second Merchant’s Tale, History of Beryn) (ca. 1410–1420)    The Tale of Beryn is a late MIDDLE ENGLISH verse tale that survives in a single mid 15th century manuscript of The CANTERBURY TALES, although it is clearly not the work of CHAUCER. It… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, The — (Taketori monogatari) (ca. 900–920)    The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is the first extant Japanese monogatari, or work of literary fiction. Its precise date of composition is unknown: Though some scholars say it cannot be later than 909, others… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Tale of Tales — Infobox Film name = Tale of Tales caption = Little Grey Wolf from Tale of Tales imdb rating = director = Yuriy Norshteyn producer = Soyuzmultfilm writer = Lyudmila Petrushevskaya Yuriy Norshteyn starring = Alexander Kalyagin music = Mikhail… …   Wikipedia