tale

conte, récit

Histoire de personnes et d’événements réels ou imaginaires.

En anglais simple : A story about real or imagined people and events.

• Grandma told us a tale.
• The children loved the tale about a talking fox.
• Have you read any fairy tales from Japan?

Comment l'utiliser : a tale of something (She wrote a tale of adventure at sea.)

Synonymes : story, narrative

Expressions courantes : fairy tale, adventure tale, tell a tale, tale of something

ragot, mensonge

Histoire sur quelqu’un, peut-être fausse ou racontée pour créer des problèmes.

En anglais simple : A story about someone that may be untrue or intended to cause trouble.

• Don’t tell tales about your sister.
• She spread a malicious tale about her neighbor.
• Nobody believed his tale about the stolen money.

Comment l'utiliser : tell tales about someone (He was punished for telling tales about his classmates.)

Synonymes : lie, rumor, gossip

Expressions courantes : tell a tale, malicious tale, tale about someone