Tale
//ˈteːl//
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Verb
The word "tale" can be used as noun and verb.
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Banbury tale Milesian tale aftertale blab-tale cautionary tale dead men tell no tales fairy tale fairy-tale fairy-tale ending fairytale fish tale folk tale folktale foretale frame tale live to tell the tale morality tale old wives' tale shaggy dog tale shaggy-dog tale spin a tale tale bearer tale of the tape tale of woe tale-bearer tale-teller talebearer talebearing talebook taleful taler tall tale tattletale tell its own tale tell tale tell tales tell tales out of school tell-tale tell-tale-tit telltale telltale compass thereby hangs a tale traveller's tale
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