Pinocchio, standing before him, told his pitiful tale, word by word.

皮诺曹站在他面前，一字一句地讲他那令人同情的故事。

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He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

他给老板讲述了自己母亲病危的情况。

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Kemal's tale is told over raki to Mr Pamuk, who breaks cover to reveal his authorship (having also danced awkwardly with Fusun at Kemal's engagement party).

凯末尔的故事显示，帕慕克在一次饮酒过程中，透露了他就是本书的作者(如与扶桑笨拙地在凯末尔的订婚派对上跳舞)。

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And in 1906, Dillon, by then an elderly man, also told his tale to a reporter from The New York Times.

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His story is told in flashbacks as he recounts his tale of woe to a beautiful recovering addict.

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The 21-year-old from Northern Ireland was out in the harshest of the weather, which caused a delay of just over an hour, and six bogeys and a double bogey told the tale of his miserable day.

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