tell the meaning of
Example Sentences
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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
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
Add this suffix to the end of each of the following words, and tell the meaning of each new word formed: up, sea, back, down, east, west, land, earth.
From De La Salle Fifth Reader by Christian Brothers
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
