tale
B2Frequent NGSL-3UK /teɪl/US /teɪl/
Meaning
noun
a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and adventure
“a coming-of-age/morality tale”
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“And I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution.”
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And I had no idea that there was going to be what the press has since represented as a kind of fairy tale resolution.
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