tell the meaning of
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Newspapers must tell the meaning of the news .
From Time Magazine Archive
No great spokesman arose in the U. S. to tell the meaning of this contest.
From Time Magazine Archive
The poor dull devils of her country are all in the practice of gratitude, without finding out what it means; while we can tell the meaning of it, with little or no practice at all.—Lord,
From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George
Thus ‘isothermal’ is quite of modern invention; but what a long story it would be to tell the meaning of ‘isothermal lines’, all which is summed up in and saved by the word.
From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe
No tongue can tell the meaning of such a ministry, no pen can trace its influence in melting the hardness of the world into pity and gladness.
From The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry by Newton, Joseph Fort
