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1 old wives' tale
(a superstitious and misleading story.) gammel overtro, eventyr; kjerringråd -
2 tale
teil1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) fortelling, historie2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) skrøne; løgnhistoriesubst. \/teɪl\/1) beretning, historie, saga, fortelling2) løgn(historie)3) sladderhistorie, ondsinnet prat4) (gammeldags, \/poetisk) antall, sum5) ( gammeldags) regning, opptellingknow how to tell the tale vite hvordan man skal få sagt detold wives' tales kjerringprat, kjerringsnakk, ammestuehistorier, overtrotell a tale fortelle en historie si en hel deltell a different tale fortelle noe annet ( overført) peke i en annen retningtell its own tale tale for seg selvtell tales (out of school) fare med løgn og fanteri, sladre, fare med sladdertell the tale ( hverdagslig) komme med en fantastisk\/rørende historie• sadly, he wasn't alive to tell the talethereby hangs a tale det er en (spesiell) historie knyttet til det -
3 wife
plural - wives; noun(the woman to whom one is married: Come and meet my wife; He is looking for a wife.) kone, hustru- wife-batteringhustru--------konesubst. (flertall: wives) \/waɪf\/, flertall: \/waɪvz\/1) hustru, kone, frue2) ( gammeldags eller dialekt) kone, kjerringold wives' tale eventyr kjerringrådtake as (a) wife ( gammeldags) ta til hustru, gifte seg medtake (a woman) to wife ( gammeldags) ta til hustru, gifte seg med (en kvinne)the wife ( hverdagslig) kona, min kone
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