Tale
71Tale-sap — Tale sap, Binnensee in Kambodscha und Siam, in der trocknen Jahreszeit 2600 qkm, bis 14 m tief, mit dem Mc kong in Verbindung …
72tale telling — index narration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
73tale che — v. talché …
74Tale of a Tub — Tale of a Tub, A a ↑satire by Jonathan ↑Swift about religious extremism. It tells of three brothers, Peter, who represents the ↑Roman Catholic church; Jack, who represents the extreme ↑Protestants, and Martin, who represents the ↑Anglican church …
75Tale of Two Cities — Tale of Two Cit|ies, A (1859) a novel by Charles ↑Dickens, set in London and Paris at the time of the French Revolution. The start of the book is very well known: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... . Another famous part is the …
76tale of the tape — This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports; it comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight …
77tale|bear|er — «TAYL BAIR uhr», noun. a person who spreads gossip or scandal: »These words were spoken in private, but some talebearer repeated them to the Commons (Macaulay). SYNONYM(S): gossip, telltale …
78tale|bear|ing — «TAYL BAIR ihng», noun, adjective. –n. the spreading of gossip or scandal. –adj. spreading gossip or scandal …
79tale|tell|ing — «TAYL TEHL ihng», noun, adjective. = talebearing. (Cf. ↑talebearing) …
80Tale of Beryn, The — (Second Merchant’s Tale, History of Beryn) (ca. 1410–1420) The Tale of Beryn is a late MIDDLE ENGLISH verse tale that survives in a single mid 15th century manuscript of The CANTERBURY TALES, although it is clearly not the work of CHAUCER. It… …
