"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
  • We get oft-told tales about assimilation, immigration and language.
  • Mr. Levin is neither the first, nor will he be the last, journalist to recount an oft-told tale.
  • But this oft-told tale leaves out something important, according to a recent look at several of these sometimes colorful characters.
  • At this point in telling the no doubt oft-told tale, Lillian gestured behind the visitor's head.
  • Speaking of oft-told tales, do we really need another book about the person billed as the only police officer executed for murder?
  • The oft-told tale that bombs are hard to make is a lie.
  • It is an oft-told tale that has become part of Albany lore.
  • But his story is not like the oft-told tale of an immigrant who comes to America to support a poverty-stricken family back home.
  • The fabulous bones of this oft-told tale have been picked over so often that there's no flesh left on them.
  • He peppered his talk with oft-told hip-hop tales and intriguing nuggets of cultural history.
3. anecdotal tale = pełna anegdot opowieść anecdotal tale
4. narrative tale = opowieść narracyjna narrative tale
5. acclaimed tale = darzona uznaniem opowieść acclaimed tale
(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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