story

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شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun account of events/people, true or invented ADJ. true | plausible | false, made-up She told the police a false story about being attacked. | apocryphal | cock-and-bull, tall No one would believe such a tall story. | official The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower. | wild | convincing | charming, compelling, delightful, dramatic, exciting, fantastic, fascinating, good, great, interesting, intriguing, nice, wonderful | amazing, bizarre, colourful, crazy, extraordinary, incredible, outrageous, remarkable, strange | inspiring | amusing, entertaining, funny | epic the epic story of a family's escape from war | complex, elaborate | straightforward | awful, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tragic | sorry His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection. | depressing, heart-rending, moving, poignant, sad | improbable The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician. | well known | familiar the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs | popular There is one popular story in the village of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest. | life, success She told them her life story. | hard-luck, rags-to-riches He was boring people with more of his hard-luck stories. The film is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer. | after-dinner | coherent The film lacks a coherent story. | full, whole I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story. | short a collection of short stories | children's | classic | bedtime | mythical, mythological | adventure, Bible, biblical, crime, detective, fairy, ghost, horror, love, private-eye, spy, suspense QUANT. fragment We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story. | collection a collection of stories by modern writers VERB + STORY read (sb) My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime. | write | narrate, recount, relate, tell (sb) | embellish, embroider | believe The police didn't believe her story. | stick to We must stick to our story about the accident. | change At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident. | swap We swapped stories about our worst teachers. | circulate, spread STORY + VERB abound, circulate, get about, go around/round, spread Stories abound of vandalism and looting. A story was going round that the factory was in line for closure. | emerge | begin, open, start The story opens with a man hiding from the police under a woman's skirt. | progress, unfold The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds. | end | be called sth, be entitled sth | be set in … The story is set in Poland in the 1930s. | be based on sth | concern sth, involve sth, revolve around sth | contain sth | illustrate sth This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit. STORY + NOUN teller(also storyteller) | telling (also storytelling) | line (also storyline) His novels always have the same basic storyline. PREP. ~ about a story about time travel | ~ of the story of the Beatles PHRASES but that's another story Many years later I returned to Africa but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now). | it's a long story ‘How come you've only got one shoe on?’ ‘It's a long story.’ | sb's half/side of the story The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story. | so the story goes, the story goes that … (= used to describe what people are saying although it may not be correct) She never saw him again?or so the story goes. | the story of my life Out of work with no money?that's the story of my life. | to cut a long story short Anyway, to cut a long story short (= not to give all the details), we had this argument and I haven't seen him since. | a version of a story According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river. report in a newspaper, etc. ADJ. big, top The biggest story of the day was the signing of the peace agreement. And now back to our top story tonight … | exclusive | main | full Full story on page 3. | scare scare stories about the harmful effects of the vaccination | inside The magazine gives the inside story of life in a rock band. | sensational | lurid, sordid, spicy lurid stories of politicians' sexual adventures | cover, front-page, lead The magazine chose the peace process as its cover story. | news VERB + STORY file, write More than one correspondent filed a story about the incident. | carry, print, publish, run Every newspaper carried the story. PREP. ~ about, ~ of the story of his arrest

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: story a description of how something happened that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: • a ghost story • a love story • It’s a story about a man who loses his memory. • a book of short stories tale a story about strange imaginary events, or exciting events that happened in the past: • a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen • I loved hearing tales of his travels. myth noun [ uncountable and countable ] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: • an ancient myth • Greek and Roman myths legend noun [ uncountable and countable ] an old story about brave people or magical events that are probably not true: • popular legends of the creation of the world • According to legend, King Arthur was buried there. fable a traditional imaginary short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: • the fable of the tortoise and the hare • a Chinese fable epic a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: • an epic about 13th-century Scottish hero William Wallace saga a story about a series of events that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: • a family saga beginning in the 1880s yarn informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: • The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.

Longman-Thesaurus

3 general:: In addition to the idiom beginning with STORY, Also see COCK AND BULL STORY; COVER STORY; FISH STORY; HARD LUCK STORY; MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT; OLD STORY; SAME OLD STORY; SHAGGY DOG STORY; SOB STORY; UPPER STORY.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: noun fable: She told a story to the children. noun account: I want your story of what happened. noun article: There's a story about that in the news. adj. floor: They live in a four story apartment.

Simple Definitions

5 general:: story ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story a true story • ‘Schindler’s List’ tells the true story of Oskar Schindler. a classic story (= old and admired by many people, or typical and good ) • a classic story about a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole a short story • He has published two collections of short stories. a children’s story • Enid Blyton is famous for writing children’s stories. a love story • ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a classic love story. a fairy story (= a children's story in which magical things happen ) • She looked like a princess in a fairy story. an adventure story • an exciting adventure story for children a detective story • Most detective stories are about a murder. a ghost/horror story • They sat round the fire telling ghost stories. • She likes reading horror stories. a bedtime story (= one that you read to a child before they go to sleep ) • He remembered his mother reading him a bedtime story. verbs tell (somebody) a story • Would you like me to tell you a story? read (somebody) a story • She read a lot of detective stories. write a story • The story was written by Lewis Carroll. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' say (somebody) a story '. Say tell (somebody) story 2 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story a big story (= a report about something important ) • He had promised the newspaper a big story on a major celebrity. the lead/top story (= the most important story in a newspaper or news programme ) • The floods were the lead story on the news that evening. a front-page story • The Times published a front-page story about the scandal. a cover story (= the main story in a magazine, mentioned on the cover ) • Hello magazine did a cover story on her last year. verbs do a story (= write and then print or broadcast it ) • I went to Iraq to do a story on the war. print/publish a story • The News of the World decided not to print the story. run a story (= print it or broadcast it ) • There wasn't enough definite information to run the story. cover a story (= report on it ) • Her family complained about the way that journalists had covered the story. break a story (= report on it for the first time ) • The Daily Mail was the paper which broke the story. leak a story (= secretly tell a reporter about it ) • We may never know who leaked the story to the press. a story breaks (= it is reported for the first time ) • I still remember the shock when that story broke. story 3 verbs tell (somebody) a story ( also recount/relate a story formal ) • I'd better tell you the whole story from the beginning. • He laughed as he recounted the story. give (somebody) a story • I had the feeling that she wasn't giving me the full story. hear a story ( also listen to a story ) • I’ve heard that story a hundred times. make up/invent a story • She confessed to making up the story of being abducted. stick to your story (= keep saying it is true ) • He didn’t believe her at first, but she stuck to her story. change your story • During police interviews, Harper changed his story several times. believe a story • The jury did not believe Evans's story. swap stories (= tell each other stories ) • They swapped stories and shared their experiences. the story goes (= this is what is people say happened ) • The story goes that he was drowned off the south coast, but not everyone believed it. a story goes around (= people tell it to each other ) • A story went around that she had been having an affair. adjectives the full/whole story • I did not know the full story. a plausible/convincing story • She tried to think up a convincing story to tell her parents. a remarkable story • The film tells the remarkable story of their escape from a prison camp. an apocryphal story (= one that is well-known but probably not true ) • There are many apocryphal stories about him. the inside story (= including facts that are known only to people involved ) • Though I’d seen the official report, I wanted the inside story. phrases sb’s side of the story (= someone’s account of what happened, which may be different from someone else’s ) • I would like to give my side of the story.

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