tell the meaning of
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Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
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No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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His gesture speaks, but hard to tell the meaning of it is, And thus my yearning without end is ever magnified.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by Payne, John
It was not an old face, but it was deeply lined, and those who knew and loved him best could tell the meaning of each of those eloquent tracings.
From About Peggy Saville by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
"Ay, ay," said one of the company; "the gitanilla can tell the meaning of a wrinkle."
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de