Sentence examples of "cautionary tale" in English

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The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue. Der Autor übersetzte das Märchen in unsere Muttersprache.
That's an old tale. Das ist eine alte Geschichte.
If you want, it doesn't have to be a fairy tale. Wenn ihr wollt, ist es kein Märchen.
What's your favorite fairy tale? Was ist dein Lieblingsmärchen?
The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale. Das kleine Mädchen war ganz vertieft in das Lesen eines Märchens.
His book begins with a tale of country life. Sein Buch beginnt mit einer Geschichte über das Landleben.
Did you write this fairy tale by yourself? Hast du dieses Märchen allein geschrieben?
This fairy tale is easy enough for a seven-year-old child to read. Dieses Märchen ist für ein siebenjähriges Kind leicht zu lesen.
She tells her tale of misery to everyone she meets. Sie erzählt jedem, den sie trifft, ihre unglückliche Lebensgeschichte.
It tells its own tale Es spricht für sich selbst
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