"tale" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tale sustantivo

sustantivo + tale
Kolokacji: 56
fairy tale • folk tale • Canterbury Tale • morality tale • Tale of several Cities • tale of several seamen • horror tale • tale of adventure • ...
tale + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 4
Tales series • tale spinner • tale sign • tale teller
tale + verbo
Kolokacji: 54
tale tells • tale begins • tale comes • tale goes • tale says • ...
verbo + tale
Kolokacji: 49
hear tales • write tales • listen to one's tale • spin tales • include tales • believe one's tale • tale set • tell the tale • recount the tale • ...
adjetivo + tale
Kolokacji: 262
cautionary tale • tall tale • classic tale • old tale • Weird Tale • strange tale • sad tale • true tale • ancient tale • dark tale • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 54
(3) classic, traditional
Kolokacji: 2
1. long tale = długa opowieść long tale
2. endless tale = niekończąca się opowieść endless tale
3. brief tale = krótka opowieść brief tale
4. lengthy tale = rozwlekła opowieść lengthy tale
  • I settled back from the flames, my voice scratchy from the lengthy tale.
  • "In that event, you will pardon me if I embark upon a somewhat lengthy tale to explain my mission."
  • It is a lengthy tale of the coming of age of Indonesian nationalism.
  • The final scene has Ana stepping into Simonney's bar, and after a lengthy tale of lovers lost and passion dead, they recognize each other.
  • Filling in the blanks after "Dan, it's leaking" leads to a lengthy and hilarious tale involving love, crime and inflatable pets.
  • Virginia Judge of The Herald called it a "fascinating, but lengthy tale," and especially praised depictions of the old religion.
  • It is a lengthy tale, consisting of eight fyttes.
  • He seemed to be telling us a lengthy tale, accompanied with many dramatic gestures of an odd but eloquent sort.
  • He had the memory for the lengthy tales and lineages, learned back down the ages, if not the capacity to think through what he had said.
  • Nothing startling, new or highly emotional is likely to turn up this late in such a lengthy tale.
5. made-up tale = zmyślona opowieść made-up tale
(13) similar, different
Kolokacji: 2
(14) Gothic, medieval, Victorian
Kolokacji: 3
(15) romantic, erotic
Kolokacji: 2
(18) popular, favorite
Kolokacji: 2
(23) lurid, shocking, sensational
Kolokacji: 3
(25) biblical, apocryphal
Kolokacji: 2
(28) Twisted, picaresque
Kolokacji: 2
(30) American, Irish
Kolokacji: 2
(31) sordid, rambling, sprawling
Kolokacji: 3
(36) contemporary, parallel
Kolokacji: 2
(37) personal, oral, final
Kolokacji: 3
(43) literary, poetic
Kolokacji: 2
(45) elaborate, particular
Kolokacji: 2
(46) whimsical, adventurous
Kolokacji: 2
(48) Italian, German
Kolokacji: 2
(49) bleak, Unfinished
Kolokacji: 2
(50) surreal, futuristic
Kolokacji: 2
(51) fine, gritty, harsh
Kolokacji: 3
(52) suspenseful, spooky
Kolokacji: 2
(53) bawdy, ribald
Kolokacji: 2
(54) folkloric, comedic
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + tale
Kolokacji: 13
with tales • of tales • for tales • from tales • into a tale • ...

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