tell-tale
91tale — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English talu; akin to Old Norse tala talk Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete discourse, talk 2. a. a series of events or facts told or presented ; account b. (1) a report of a private o …
92tale — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
93tale — See: TELL TALES OUT OF SCHOOL …
94tale — See: tell tales out of school …
95Living to Tell the Tale — (original Spanish language title: Vivir para contarla ) is the first volume of the autobiography of Gabriel García Márquez.The book was originally published in Spanish in 2002, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in 2003.… …
96Manciple’s Tale, The — by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1396) Chaucer’s Manciple’s Tale is the last fictional text in THE CANTERBURY TALES, in most manuscripts coming immediately before the Parson’s sermon on the Seven Deadly Sins that ends the collection.A BEAST FABLE… …
97clat-tale — n British a tell tale. A northern English children s variant of the standard terms tattle tale or tell tale …
98tattle-tale — Used of a person who cannot keep a secret. The term is used by an American speaker in Except for Me and Thee, by Jessamyn West. The variant ‘Tell tale tattle’ is used by one girl to another in Girl with Green Eyes, by Edna O’Brien. Other… …
99To tell off — Tell Tell (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z[ a]hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak,… …
100tell its own tale — testify against himself, give testimony about his own actions …