- tell a story
- tell a tale, recount a story
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tell a story
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tell — [ tel ] (past tense and past participle told [ tould ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 give information ▸ 2 order/advise to do something ▸ 3 recognize something ▸ 4 have clear effect ▸ 5 fail to keep secret ▸ 6 count something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to give… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Tell — Tell, William a Swiss ↑folk hero of the 14th century, who opposed the Austrians who ruled Switzerland. According to a famous story, Tell was ordered by the Austrian ↑governor to use his ↑crossbow to shoot an apple placed on his own son s head. He … Dictionary of contemporary English
story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… … English World dictionary
Story — Sto ry, n. [OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See {History}.] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [1913 Webster] One malcontent who did indeed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tell — I verb acquaint, advise, annunciate, apprise, betray, blurt out, come out with, communicate, confess, constrain, convey, declare, depict, detail, direct, disclose, distinguish, divulge, enumerate, enunciate, express, give an account of, give vent … Law dictionary
Story within a story — A story within a story, also rendered story within a story, is a literary device in which one narrative is presented during the action of another narrative. Mise en abyme is the French term for a similar literary device (also referring to the… … Wikipedia
tell */*/*/ — UK [tel] / US verb Word forms tell : present tense I/you/we/they tell he/she/it tells present participle telling past tense told UK [təʊld] / US [toʊld] past participle told Get it right: tell: Unlike the verb say, the verb tell is usually used… … English dictionary
