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Значения термина tall story на английском

A retelling or account of events, especially a fictional or exaggerated one.

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Examples for "yarn"
Examples for "yarn"
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Dry the pieces in the drum, and the yarn in the stove.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881
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Their yarn has become a hot item in recent years, she said.
Reuters
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Xinjiang cotton and yarn are also used in textiles and home furnishings.
The Guardian
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The company has supplied carbon yarn for Ferrari's sports cars, Yamagata said.
Reuters
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Of course, this makes for a very tangled yarn, but that's fine.
The Guardian
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So why do we need to embellish, to build a tall tale?
Ebony
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Given the tensions of the times, this tall tale was, on occasion, believed.
The Irish Times
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Many say it's a harmless and fun tall tale worth celebrating.
Reuters
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The mischievous Michael Gambon has been known to spin the odd tall tale.
The Irish Times
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The tardy must make do with a substitute and invent another tall tale.
The Irish Times
Использование термина tall story на английском
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Roisin was at pains to point out that Miriam was not telling a tall story.
The Irish Times
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But yesterday Court 14 saw Wimbledon's tall story get even taller as Ivo Karlovic continued swashbuckling.
The Guardian
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That's a pretty tall story, I think, Garwood.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories
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Between the wolf in the tall grass and the wolf in the tall story, there is a shimmering go-between.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
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This may seem like a tall story, but there was once a teenage girl who didn't get along with her parents.
Stories from the Old Attic
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The Martyr's Crown (a tall story about heroes and saints) is shooting shortly afterwards, adapted and directed by Rory Bresnihan.
The Irish Times
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So very often I would ask myself: Is this a tall story that Sam is telling me, is he just making this up?
The Guardian
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On the other hand, perhaps it's all tosh, this wonderful voice-telegraph, a tall story to fill space in a journal lacking worthier submissions.
The crimson petal and the white
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The child visited Mr. Gates and enjoyed his tall stories about Indians.
The new yorker
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He makes up tall stories about facing physical danger on the border with Mexico.
The Guardian
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That some bored waitress likes to make-up tall stories to keep her customers amused?
The half life of stars: a novel
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Everybody knows everybody, and people tell tall stories.
Say you're one of them
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'Tell Chris Beecher he shouldn't tell tall stories to Welsh farmers,' I said.
Under orders
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'I've heard many tall stories, but this is the best yet,' Caesar cried.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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Police officials around the world hear a lot of tall stories when they ask someone why they're speeding.
The South African
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"It also stands," said Hutchins, with a sniff, "for Pretty Tall Story."
Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions
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