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
He can tell the meaning of every vestment and of every change in a pontifical high mass, and I think he knows half the Roman Breviary by heart, and all the Psalms!'
From Stradella by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
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.
Nay, an you be so full of your flouts, your friend and servant; who the devil could tell the meaning of your signs and tokens, an you go to that?
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
