"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
5. made-up tale = zmyślona opowieść made-up tale
  • Faith Ringgold's "story quilts" are an enchanting blend of made-up tales and paintings, done on stitched canvas bordered with patchwork and - except for recent ones - written narrative.
  • I expect it's all made-up tales, really.
  • The 13-year-old Honduran boy told a heart-rending, though made-up, tale to strangers he met in Miami, who bought him a bus ticket to New York City.
  • How can a made-up tale of rivalry and opportunism beat the backstage melodrama of bringing "Waterworld" to the screen?
  • The normally dour servant glanced at Hari, as if convinced that this must be a made-up tale.
  • Residence status was granted to the Honduran boy who charmed New York City two years ago with a made-up tale of walking to New York to find his father.
  • A blend of made-up tales, ancestral sewing techniques, faux-naive folk art and the sophisticated language of French modernism, the story quilts are nothing short of wonderful.
  • To pass the time, she whispered a story to Tao Ni, a made-up tale of a battle between evil pirates and brave, honest sailors.
  • And this the more because his nephew (he whom thou didst beguile; I partly guess how) told him a made-up tale how all was done by the spells of Agatha.
  • He saw the guileless expression on this young man's face and looked at his son, thinking that this was no 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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