tell the meaning of
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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
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
I cannot tell the meaning of these figures, but between them are suspended censers attached to crosses; a most beautiful symbolic expression of Christ’s mediatorial function.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John
