plural tales
plural tales
Learner's definition of TALE
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1
: a story about imaginary events : an exciting or dramatic story(虚构的)故事 — see also fairy tale, folktale 2
a : a story about someone's actual experiences(真实经历的)故事,描述 b : an exciting story that may not be completely true(令人兴奋但未必完全真实的)故事 — see also tall tale 3
: a false story that is told to deceive someone(骗人的)故事
dead men tell no tales
— used to say that someone who has been killed cannot reveal secret information死人不会泄密
thereby hangs a tale
— see 1hang