TAKE UP THE THREAD OF A TALE

Meaning of TAKE UP THE THREAD OF A TALE in English

continue a story where it left off, finish a story from the point where it stopped

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TALE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) dilemma tale {{link=fairy tale">fairy tale trickster tale
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
TALE — I. ˈtāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, talk, narrative, list, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TALE — /tayl/ , n. 1. a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TALE — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
TALE — vi to tell stories. 2. tale ·vi a count or declaration. 3. tale ·noun ·see tael. 4. tale ·vi that …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
TALE — [tale] n [ME, fr. OE talu; akin to ON tala talk] (bef. 12c) 1 obs: discourse, talk 2. a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TALE — tale BrE AmE teɪ ə l (= tail) ▷ tales teɪ ə lz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALE — / teɪl; NAmE / noun 1. a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TALE — tale W3 /teɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: talu ] 1 . a story about …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
TALE — n. 1 a narrative or story, esp. fictitious and imaginatively treated. 2 a report of an alleged fact, often malicious …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TALE — n. 1 a narrative or story, esp. fictitious and imaginatively treated. 2 a report of an alleged fact, often malicious …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TALE — n.1 a narrative or story, esp. fictitious and imaginatively treated. 2 a report of an alleged fact, often malicious or …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALE — ( tales) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A tale is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THREAD — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a needle and thread ▪ I got a needle and thread and sewed the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TALE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cautionary tale (= the story of an event that is used to warn people ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TALE — [noun] [C] - a story or report, esp. one which might be invented or difficult to believeThe children love his …
Cambridge English vocab
TALE — n. dilemma tale judgment tale fairy tale trickster tale
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , rambling ▪ familiar ▪ amazing , bizarre , curious ( esp. BrE ), extraordinary , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TALE — See ↑ STORY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ old wives' tale • ↑ story/tale
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TAKE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THREAD — 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен. нитка, нить to make, spin thread ≈ прясть, сучить нить to resume, to take …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TALE — сущ. 1) рассказ; сказка to concoct a tale ≈ придумать, состряпать рассказ to make up a tale ≈ сочинить сказку …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
THREAD — thread.ogg 1. θred n 1. 1> нитка, нить strong thread - крепкая нитка gold thread - золотая нить sewing thread …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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