TALL STORY (OR TALE)

Meaning of TALL STORY (OR TALE) in English

tall story ( or tale)

an account that is fanciful and difficult to believe.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TALE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) dilemma tale {{link=fairy tale">fairy tale trickster tale
Английский словарь Британика
STORY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) detective story horror story mystery story short story {{link=Story Joseph">Story Joseph
Английский словарь Британика
TALL — I. ˈtȯl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, ready, handsome, brave, probably from Old English getæl quick, ready; akin …
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
STORY — I. ˈstōrē, ˈstȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English storie, from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TALL — — tallness , n. /tawl/ , adj., taller, tallest , adv. adj. 1. having a relatively great height; of more …
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
STORY — story 1 — storyless , adj. /stawr"ee, stohr"ee/ , n. , pl. stories , v. , storied, storying . n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TALL — adjective Etymology: Middle English tal, probably from Old English getæl quick, ready; akin to Old High German gizal quick Date: …
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
TALL — superl brave; bold; courageous. 2. tall ·superl fine; splendid; excellent; also, extravagant; excessive. 3. tall ·superl high in stature; having …
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
STORY — noun a euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story. 2. story ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
TALL — [tall] adj [ME, prob. fr. OE getael quick, ready; akin to OHG gizal quick] (15c) 1 obs: brave, courageous 2. …
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
STORY — [sto.ry] n, pl stories [ME storie, fr. OF estorie, fr. L historia--more at history] (13c) 1 archaic: history 1, 3 …
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TALL — tall BrE AmE tɔːl tɑːl ▷ taller ˈtɔːl ə AmE \ - ə r ˈtɑːl- ▷ tallest ˈtɔːl ɪst -əst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TALE — tale BrE AmE teɪ ə l (= tail) ▷ tales teɪ ə lz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TALL — / tɔːl; NAmE / adjective ( tall·er , tall·est ) 1. ( of a person, building, tree, etc. ) having …
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
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALL — tall S2 W2 /tɔːl $ tɒːl/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative taller , superlative tallest ) [ Language: Old English …
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
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TALL — adj. & adv. --adj. 1 of more than average height. 2 of a specified height (looks about six feet tall). …
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
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TALL — adj. & adv. adj. 1 of more than average height. 2 of a specified height (looks about six feet tall). …
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
STORY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TALL — adj. & adv. --adj. 1. of more than average height. 2 of a specified height (looks about six feet tall). …
Oxford English vocab
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
STORY — 1. n. (pl. -ies) 1. an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
TALL — ( taller, tallest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone or something …
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
STORY
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TALL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a tall building ▪ The park was surrounded by tall buildings. a tall tale (= …
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
STORY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
STORY — (DESCRIPTION) [noun] [C] - a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events and, often, the characters …
Cambridge English vocab
TALE — n. dilemma tale judgment tale fairy tale trickster tale
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TALE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALL — I. adj. VERBS ▪ be , look , seem ▪ become , get , grow ▪ stand ▪ Suddenly he …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TALE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , rambling ▪ familiar ▪ amazing , bizarre , curious ( esp. BrE ), extraordinary , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TALL — See ↑ HIGH 2, ↑ TALL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ 6 ft tall/2 m tall etc • ↑ how tall
Longman Activator English vocab
TALL — INDEX: 1. words for describing someone who is tall 2. how tall someone is 3. to be much taller than …
Longman Activator English vocab
TALE — See ↑ STORY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ old wives' tale • ↑ story/tale
Longman Activator English vocab
STORY — See ↑ NEWS 3, ↑ STORY 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ (a) likely story • ↑ funny story • ↑ hard-luck …
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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STORY — n. 25B6; noun an adventure story : TALE, narrative, account, anecdote; informal yarn, spiel. See list. the novel has a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TALL — adj. 1 high, towering, big, soaring, lofty, giant, gigantic; multi-storey The giant sequoias of California are the tallest trees in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TALE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STORY — n. 1 narrative, tale, recounting, anecdote, yarn; account, recital, chronicle, record, history; legend, myth, fairy tale or story, romance, gest …
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