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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
tell a story en · VERB
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(ambitransitive, literally) To communicate a story in some way.
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(figuratively, intransitive, poetic) To display qualities which hint at or convey a past or history which is not explicitly told.
Every person's eyes tell their own story.
The bullet holes in the walls of these buildings tell a story of a more tumultuous time...
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To lie; to tell a lie
Jem gulped like a goldfish, hunched his shoulders and twitched his torso. “He’s goin‘ like that, only not like he means to.”
“Are you telling me a story, Jem Finch?” Calpurnia’s voice hardened.
“No Cal, I swear I’m not.”
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
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