You can use ~ to refer to news that someone tells you. (FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
He hated always to be the bearer of bad ~...
= news
N-PLURAL: usu adj N, oft N of n
You can use ~ to refer to news that someone tells you. (FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
He hated always to be the bearer of bad ~...
= news
N-PLURAL: usu adj N, oft N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012