Tales Meaning in English
word · lemma: tale
التعريف
Stories, especially ones that are imaginative, traditional, or told to entertain. The word can also refer to accounts of events, sometimes suggesting exaggeration or drama.
الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة
Common in literary or storytelling contexts: 'fairy tales', 'folk tales', 'tall tales'. 'Story' is more general; 'tale' often feels more traditional, dramatic, or stylized. In informal speech, 'tell tales' means report on someone’s behavior, often like a child tattling.
جمل نموذجية
My grandmother told us tales before bed.
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The book is full of old tales from the sea.
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The children laughed at his funny tales.
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He’s always telling wild tales about his college days.
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Don’t believe all the tales you hear online.
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Come on, stop telling tales and just say what happened.
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