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An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.

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tale

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tale

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈteɪl/

Noun

slang obsolete archaic rare

Japanese Meaning

話：事実や状況の説明や報告としての「話」、または物語という意味合いを持つ。 / 噂：根拠が薄い、あるいは悪意を帯びた伝聞やゴシップとして使われる。 / 嘘：虚偽の情報や中傷として用いられる場合もある。

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The witness's tale about the missing documents raised more questions than it answered.

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その証人の行方不明の書類に関する証言は、答えを出すどころかむしろ多くの疑問を生んだ。

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“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. […]”

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A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

the Canterbury Tales

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Sense（3）

A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.

the ignorant, […] who measure by tale, and not by weight

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Sense（4）

(slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.

Sense（5）

(obsolete) Number; tally; quota.

And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.

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