fable
suomi-englanti sanakirjafable englannista suomeksi
faabeli, eläinsatu
tarina, taru, valhe
Substantiivi
Verbi
fable englanniksi
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables|Aesop's Fables.
(syn)
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
(RQ:KJV)
(RQ:Tennyson Poems 1842)we grew / The fable of the city where we dwelt.
(RQ:Spectator)
The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
(quote-book)
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1)
(RQ:Prior Poems)
1852, (w), ''Empedocles on Etna'', Act II, in ''Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems'', London: B. Fellowes, p. 50,https://archive.org/details/empedoclesonetna00arno
- He fables, yet speaks truth.
To up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost) erre not that ſo ſhall end / The ſtrife of Glorie: which we mean to win, / Or turn this Heav’n itſelf into the Hell / Thou fableſt (..)
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses)
(l), story
''fable om suksess''
dream about success
to up (something)