tale

tale
tale [{{t}}teɪl]
noun
(a) (story) conte m, histoire f; (legend) histoire f, légende f; (account) récit m;
∎ to tell a tale raconter une histoire;
∎ he told them the tale of his escape il leur a raconté son évasion ou fait le récit de son évasion;
∎ the astronaut lived/didn't live to tell the tale l'astronaute a survécu/n'a pas survécu pour raconter ce qui s'est passé;
∎ his drawn face told the tale of his sufferings ses traits tirés en disaient long sur ses souffrances;
∎ this painting tells its own tale ce tableau est très parlant ou se passe de commentaires;
∎ tales of romance des histoires fpl romantiques;
∎ {{}}humorous{{}} and thereby hangs a tale et là-dessus il y en aurait à raconter
(b) (gossip) histoires fpl;
∎ there's a tale going around that they're moving on raconte qu'ils vont déménager;
∎ to tell tales (inform) cafter, rapporter;
∎ to tell tales on sb raconter des histoires sur le compte de qn;
∎ she's been telling tales to the teacher again elle est encore allée cafter ou rapporter à la maîtresse;
∎ you shouldn't tell tales il ne faut pas rapporter;
∎ {{}}figurative{{}} to tell tales out of school (be indiscreet) être indiscret, trop parler
✾ Book 'A Tale of Two Cities' Dickens 'Le Conte des deux villes'
✾ Book 'Tales from Shakespeare' Lamb 'Contes tirés de Shakespeare'

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