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- Dictionarytale/teɪl/
noun
- 1. a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted: "a delightful children's tale" Similar
- 2. a number or total: archaic "an exact tale of the dead bodies"
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5 days ago · a story of an adventure.
1 day ago · A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the folklore genre. [1] Such stories typically feature magic, enchantments, and mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the ...
2 days ago · The word Cinderella has, by analogy, come to mean someone whose attributes are unrecognized, or someone unexpectedly achieves recognition or success after a period of obscurity and neglect. In the world of sports, "a Cinderella" is used for an underrated team or club winning over stronger and more favored competitors.
4 days ago · The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. It is widely regarded as Chaucer's magnum opus.
4 days ago · a characteristically anonymous, timeless, and placeless tale circulated orally among a people… See the full definition. Games & Quizzes; Games & Quizzes ...
2 days ago · A tale of two war zones: A journalist's journey through Ukraine and Israel ... The despair I’ve seen in the eyes of many Ukrainians is a stark contrast to the resilience and unity that define ...
5 days ago · Oscar Wilde (born October 16, 1854, Dublin, Ireland—died November 30, 1900, Paris, France) was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose enduring fame rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).
