tale of woe

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tale of woe

a sad story; a list of personal problems; an excuse for failing to do something. I listened to her tale of woe without saying anything. This tale of woe that we have all been getting from Kelly is just too much.

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MOTOR RACING: Lewis Hamilton has a chance to end his tale of woe this year thanks to the round-the-clock efforts of his team. Lewis clocks up surprise; SPORT In Brief by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) In James Cook's A& E ward, looked after by the nation's top prize-winning team, I couldn't help overhearing an elderly patient's tale of woe. Mixing it up in hospital by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) The British Gas Business Midlands promotionchasers has been more like Casualty than a football club and such is the tale of woe that new signing Darren Alexander has been crocked without playing a single game. 'Dr Charlie' given real headache; NON-LEAGUE NEWS by Birmingham Mail (England)			take up the cudgels for take up time take up where left off take up where one left off take with a grain of salt take with a pinch of salt take word for take word for it take wrong take years off take your pick Take your seat take-off artist taken taken aback taken for dead taken with takes one to know one takes the cake takes two to tango taking taking calls taking care of business tale tale never loses in the telling tale of woe tales talk talk a blue streak talk about talk around talk at talk back talk big talk dirty talk down talk down to talk ear off talk head off talk in circles talk in riddles talk into Talk is cheap talk like a nut talk of talk of a place talk on talk oneself out talk out talk out of talk out of arse			talcumed talcuming talcuming talcums talcums Talcy Talcy Talcy TALD Taldan TALDE TALDF Taldom TALDT Taldury Glacier Taldy-Kurgan Taldy-Kurgan Oblast Taldyk tale tale tale tale tale tale never loses in the telling Tale of Bygone Years Tale of Igor's Campaign, The Tale Of The Body Thief Tale of the Tape Tale of Two Cities Tale of Two Cities, A tale of woe Tale Spin tale telling Tale'awtxw Aboriginal Capital Corporation tale-telling Talea Taleb Taleban Taleban Taleban Taleban movement Taleban movement Taleban movement Talebaniac Talebaniac Talebaniac talebearer talebearer talebearers talebearers talebearing talebearing TALEC Taled Taled Taled Taled Taleful Talegalla Talégalo Maleo TALEM

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