"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
(25) biblical, apocryphal
Kolokacji: 2
(28) Twisted, picaresque
Kolokacji: 2
(30) American, Irish
Kolokacji: 2
(31) sordid, rambling, sprawling
Kolokacji: 3
1. twice-told tale = dwakroć-powiedzieć/mówić opowieść twice-told tale
2. oft-told tale = często-powiedzieć/mówić opowieść oft-told tale
3. anecdotal tale = pełna anegdot opowieść anecdotal tale
4. narrative tale = opowieść narracyjna narrative tale
5. acclaimed tale = darzona uznaniem opowieść acclaimed tale
  • One of James' best-known and most acclaimed longer tales, The Aspern Papers is based on the letters Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Mary Shelley's step sister, Claire Clairmont, who saved them until she died.
  • "The Aspern Papers" (1888) is one of James's best-known and most acclaimed longer tales.
  • The acclaimed tale of stuttering George VI flattered to deceive at the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, where it picked up just one award from seven nominations.
  • For Mr. Jordan it all started in 1975 with the publication of his first book, "A False Spring" (Dodd, Mead), a critically acclaimed tale of his four years as a minor league pitcher who couldn't control his fastball, a story of sports and of coming of age in America.
  • Director Michel Hazanavicius's acclaimed tale was named Best Musical or Comedy along with Best Score - beating Oscar-winning composer Trent Reznor's soundtrack for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
  • The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius's acclaimed tale of 1920s Hollywood, proved the main winner at the 69th annual Golden Globes, picking up three awards including best film (musical or comedy) and best actor (musical or comedy) for its star, Jean Dujardin.
  • IN 2001 an obscure screenwriter named Stephen Gaghan won an Oscar for "Traffic," a complex and highly acclaimed tale of the drug wars as seen from all sides.
  • The occasion for the HarperCollins gift is the 20th anniversary of "In the Night Kitchen," the much acclaimed tale of Mickey who "fell through the dark, out of his clothes, past the moon & his mama & papa sleeping tight" and into a bowl of cake batter.
  • In the acclaimed alternate future tale Kingdom Come, Jack has a teenaged African American successor known as "Stars".
(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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