"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
(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
1. lurid tale = drastyczna opowieść lurid tale
2. shocking tale = wstrząsając opowieścią shocking tale
  • Fox said Climbié's case amounted to "a shocking tale of individual professional failure and systemic incompetence".
  • But there was a problem with the shocking tale: It was a complete fabrication.
  • That reflex was provoked again last week by two shocking tales of child abuse.
  • A shocking tale of murder and corruption in which Mr. Barnard never loses control of his polished form.
  • Such is the appetite for shocking tales that book and movie deals are often far along before the jury has had time to decide who did what.
  • "This has been a shocking tale of deceit, coverup and lies," Mr. Matthews said in an interview.
  • Eva Trout, published in the UK in 1969, is a strange and ultimately shocking tale.
  • In all its versions, "Judgment at Nuremberg" tells a shocking tale about banal human beings.
  • Despite the fact that this is Masterton's first novel it's still a surprisingly shocking tale.
  • Hardest hit were the Chinese, whose businesses were looted and destroyed - shocking tales of rape and murder emerged after the riots.
3. sensational tale = sensacyjna opowieść sensational tale
(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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