tell the meaning of
Example Sentences
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No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
Magicians, astrologers, Chaldæans, and soothsayers, all the wise men of Babylon came to his palace to hear his dream, and to try to tell the meaning of it.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
"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
And yet she would have been puzzled to tell the meaning of the expression, for it did not look like a threatening one.
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
