Collocations withtale
These are words often used in combination withtale.
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classic tale
It has been a classic tale of order, counter-order and disorder.
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epic tale
Widescreen means a big film, an epic tale in this case an epic tale of human endurance.
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harrowing tale
It is a harrowing tale.
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moral tale
It is a moral tale with a moral lesson that young female readers, one might imagine, would abhor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
sad tale
Here we have the sad tale of theologians leaving the straight and narrow biblical path.
From theCambridge English Corpus
tale of love
But it is not a tale of love and folly; it is just straight folly.
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tragic tale
It based its judgment on the tragic tale that it heard.
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