The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs.

Oh, absolutely not. I am
the only handmaid in this TALE.
The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 12

A long and bloody TALE.
Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 3

Ford:
The dead world
collapses in a TALE.
Westworld Season 2, Episode 10

Yeah, well, it was quite
a TALE. Couldn't have been
easy to, you know,
Breaking Bad Season 4, Episode 4

A TALE of woe perhaps?
The Big Bang Theory Season 1, Episode 12