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Meanings of retelling in English
Process of telling a story again, often tweaking or recontextualising it.
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Usage of retelling in English
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I must tell Scarron; he will make me laugh in retelling it.
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Pistorius's retelling here is so careful and clear it seems almost scripted.
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THE Margin can't resist retelling one printed in the Financial Times yesterday.
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Mrs. Lambert began in the tone of one retelling an old story.
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Some have criticised Pistorius for sounding rehearsed in his retelling of events.
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But it loses none of its accuracy, or appeal, in the retelling.
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The Mouse and the Octopus is a retelling of a Tongan fable.
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The story of Monaco's achievements last season, however, needs little retelling.
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In the retelling of it, I have left out most of the history.
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In their retelling, the violence is rendered almost exotic, even novel.
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Rich started retelling the conversations he had earlier in the morning.
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But the second time around, on DVD, the futuristic retelling of Pinocchio works.
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Passengers' accuracy at retelling stories remained the same regardless of condition.
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A retelling of King Lear set in a corrupt, contemporary India.
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He faltered a bit retelling of Hendel's sacrifice to the company.
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Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights around the fire retelling old Hunger Games' tales.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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