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单词 story
释义
storysto‧ry /ˈstɔːri/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural stories) [countable] Entry menu
MENU FOR storystory1 for entertainment2 news3 events4 excuse5 history6 building7 of a film/play etc8 it’s the same story here/there/in ...9 it’s the same old story10 it’s a long story11 to cut a long story short12 but that’s another story13 that’s not the whole story14 that’s the story of my life15 end of story16 it’s a different story17 lie
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINstory
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French estorie, from Latin historia; ➔ HISTORY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a book of short stories
  • a fifth story apartment
  • a headline-grabbing story
  • All children love stories.
  • Don't be frightened, Connie - it's only a story.
  • Grandpa's always telling us stories about when he was a boy
  • Have you been telling stories again?
  • He looked like some giant from a fairy story.
  • Sally, will you read us a story?
  • The story doesn't get interesting till midway through.
  • The story I read in the newspaper said they intend to close the theatre down.
  • the story of dancer Alvin Ailey
  • The film is based on a true story.
  • The film was OK, but I didn't think the story was very realistic.
  • The main story tonight is the earthquake in Albania.
  • The movie is based on a true story.
  • The movie tells the story of a young girl brought up in the Deep South in the 1930s.
  • There are a lot of wild stories going around.
  • There have been a lot of stories in the papers recently about contaminated food.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Besides, neither of us has enough money to gain entry to that story.
  • But it is considerably worse than that, as the story quickly makes clear.
  • Genesis and Deuteronomy tell the story in a style that will be accessible to any reader.
  • He now had carte blanche to pursue any major story in town and to inject his strong opinions unabashedly into his writings.
  • He went out and Sisteradmission-ward came in for a short while, and we reconstructed the story.
  • Markoff counters that his stories are accurate and fair.
  • The best known of them was Dornford Yates, author of the now unreadable but once hugely read Berry and Co stories.
  • The show-biz story of the decade has spawned the cinematic train wreck of 1996.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
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
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.
noun [countable, uncountable] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: · an ancient myth· Greek and Roman myths
noun [countable, uncountable] 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.
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
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
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
informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: · The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.
Longman Language Activatora story
a description of real or imaginary events, which is told or written to entertain people: · All children love stories.· The film was OK, but I didn't think the story was very realistic.· a book of short storiestell/read somebody a story: · Sally, will you read us a story?story about: · Grandpa's always telling us stories about when he was a boystory of: · The movie tells the story of a young girl brought up in the Deep South in the 1930s.ghost/love story: · We sat around the fire telling ghost stories.fairy story (=a story about imaginary people, creatures, and events): · He looked like some giant from a fairy story.true story (=about events that really happened): · The film is based on a true story.
an exciting story about imaginary events: tale of: · 'Treasure Island' - a tale of pirates and adventuretell a tale: · She told us many tales about when our father was a child.fairy tale (=a story about imaginary creatures, people, and events): · Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales
writing that describes imaginary people and events: · So much modern fiction is full of sex and violence.work of fiction: · Although it is a work of fiction, it is based on fact.crime/romantic/historical etc fiction: · Adopting the style of romantic fiction, she said, ''I love him passionately''.science fiction (=stories about imaginary future times): · a science fiction novel
a very old story, about gods and magical creatures: · The myth tells of how the gods sent fire to the earth in flashes of lightning.· a ballet based on a Greek myth· The heroes of myth all had some point of weakness.
an old story, usually about strange events or people with magic powers: · According to legend, the whole castle was washed into the sea.legend of: · the legend of Robin Hoodlegend has it (that) (=according to legend): · Legend has it that Sarah Heln, who died in 1913, was shut alive inside a lead coffin.
a short funny story about something that really happened: · Personal anecdotes have no place in an academic essay.anecdote about: · The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his time in the police force.
a story about a series of connected events or adventures that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family: · The novel is a historical saga, set in Tudor times.saga of: · Her saga of the rise and fall of a powerful family dynasty was a great commercial success.
a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history: · The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm.· The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic. epic poem/hero/style etc: · the epic poem "Beowulf'
stories that are intended to teach people something
a story in which the events and characters represent something or someone else from the real world: · "Animal Farm' is an allegory in which the animals represent the Russian people and Farmer Jones the old Tsarist regime.allegory of: · The film was a dark, powerful allegory of life in post-war America.
a short simple story that is used to teach something, especially what is morally right: · Christ used parables to explain moral questions in a way that people could understand.· It is a kind of parable for the eighties -- a lesson about the destructiveness of greed.parable of: · the parable of 'The Prodigal Son'
a story that has a moral message, especially a story in which animals are used to represent people's good and bad behaviour: · The best-known of Aesop's fables is "The Tortoise and the Hare'.· The life of Howard Hughes cannot fail to remind us of the fable of Midas.
someone in a story
one of the people in a story: · The two main characters in the book are a young boy and his teacher.· Each group is named after a fictional character like Mickey Mouse.
the man or boy who is the main character in a story: · In cinema, the hero always got the girl and the bad guy was always punished.· Shakespeare's best-known tragic hero is probably Hamlet.hero of: · Who was the hero of "The Catcher in the Rye"?
the woman or girl who is the main character in a story: · The story is narrated entirely by the heroine.· She seems to see herself as some kind of romantic heroine in a trashy novel.
the events in a story
the series of events that happen in a book, play, film etc, and the way they are all connected: · The plot was so complicated that I was totally confused by the time I was two chapters in.· The book doesn't have much of a plot, but its characters are fantastic.
the main story of a book, play, film etc: · Anna's marriage problems form the main storyline in Episode One.· The storyline was too far-fetched, and none of the actors were particularly good.
the story of a real person's life
a book that is the story of a famous person's life: · She is the author of several books, including a biography of the artist Salvador Dali.· Isaac Deutscher's outstanding biographies of Stalin and Trotsky
the story of a famous person's life , as described in a book, or shown in paintings or a film: · Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson was published in 1791.· The lower series of frescoes describe the life of Saint Francis of Assisi.
an account, especially a spoken account, of the main events that have happened in someone's life: · When you meet someone for the first time, they don't want your entire life story in detail.· The newspaper has been running his life story for the past two weeks.
the story of your own life
the story of your own life, which you have written yourself: · In his autobiography he described his life as an explorer in some of the remotest parts of the earth.· Her autobiography will be published next month, and will be a guaranteed bestseller.
the story of your own life which you have written yourself, especially your involvement in important political or military events: · In his memoirs he gives a new insight into several political scandals of the pre-war years.· The duke's memoirs will be serialised in the Sunday Times.
a spoken account of the main events that have happened in your life, especially if they are boring or unpleasant: tell somebody the story of your life: · He told me the story of his life right from the early days in a poor part of Washington.· She began to tell him the story of her life, a long catalogue of disappointment and gloom.
what you say to someone when you do not believe them
spoken informal say this when you are very surprised by what someone has just said and cannot believe that it is true: · They got married! You're kidding!· "When he sat down, the chair just collapsed." "You're joking."
/come on spoken informal say this when you cannot believe what someone has said, and you think they do not really believe it themselves: · "He kind of reminds me of myself at that age." "Oh come off it. When you were that age all you wanted to do was have fun."· Oh come on Keith - do you really expect me to believe that?
spoken informal say this when you do not believe something that someone has said, and you think they are deliberately telling you something that is not true: · "I really wanted to come, but I overslept." "Yeah, right. Then why didn't you set your alarm?"
spoken say this when you think someone is telling you something that they know is not true: · "I was going to pay the money back as soon as I saw you." "Yeah. Likely story!"
British spoken say this when it is very clear that someone is not telling you the truth or that they are trying to trick you: · Oh, pull the other one, John. You can't seriously expect me to believe that!
American spoken say this when you think that something is very surprising or that someone is not telling you the truth or is trying to trick you: · "I got the car for just $350 dollars." "Get out of here!"
spoken say this when you think someone is lying to you and you want to show them that you are not stupid enough to believe it: · You can't expect me to trust you after all the other promises you've broken, you know. I wasn't born yesterday.
something you say or write in order to be funny
· Have you heard any good jokes lately?· Wilson spoke for about 15 minutes, peppering his mainly serious message with jokes.joke about · Leno opened the show with a joke about the election.get the jokealso see a joke British (=understand a joke) · It wasn't that I didn't get the joke - I just didn't think it was funny.· Everyone laughed except Mr Broadbent, who didn't see the joke.tell a joke · It's a good idea to start a speech by telling a joke.dirty joke (=one about sex) · In some situations, a dirty joke can be considered sexual harassment.private joke (=a secret joke) · The two girls were whispering in the corner and giggling over some private joke.
a short story you tell to make people laugh: · It reminded her of a funny story she'd heard at work.tell a funny story: · He began telling funny stories about the time he worked as a barman on a cruise ship.
informal something funny that someone says to try to make people laugh - use this especially when what they say annoys you: · Bob Hope would keep his audience laughing with an endless stream of jokes and wisecracks.· Amy responded with a wisecrack that got her in big trouble with the teacher.
a short remark that is funny and clever: · There are some memorable one-liners in every Woody Allen film.· It's a hilarious scene with a succession of brilliant one-liners from Groucho Marx.
a short joke, especially one told by a professional entertainer as part of a show: · His first job was writing gags for a famous comedian.gag about: · He started the show with a few old gags about mothers-in-law.
the sentence or phrase that comes at the end of a joke, and makes it funny: · He got to the end of the joke and couldn't remember the punch line.· I waited for the punch line, but it never came.
spoken say this when you are going to tell someone a joke about a particular subject: · Have you heard the one about the brown cow who goes into a bar?
a joke made by deliberately mixing up or mistaking two different meanings of the same word or two words with the same sound: · "Seven days without food makes one weak'' is a pun on the words "week'' and "weak'', and also on the different meanings of "one''.· The audience groaned at his pun.(if you'll) pardon the pun (=used to say that you know what you are going to say has two meanings): · "Pardon the pun, but we were all in the same boat," said Navy Lieutenant Green.
a joke made by deliberately using a word or phrase that has two possible meanings, one of which is about sex or sexual parts of the body: · Dirty jokes and double meanings are what makes the show funny.· The song's lyrics are full of double entendres.
stories, films etc about love
a story about two people who are in love with each other: · The book is very exciting, as well as being a wonderful love story.· a well-known writer of popular romances
a romantic story or film is about people who are in love: · a romantic comedy in which Meg Ryan plays a single mother looking for love
to report the news
· We aim to report the news as fairly and fully as possible.· This is Gavin Williams, reporting from the United Nations in New York.· His victory was not widely reported in the Western media.report on · The Post sent her to Bangladesh to report on the cholera epidemic.report that · The newspaper reported that he had supplemented his income with thousands of dollars from the federal budget.be reported to be/have done something (=reported in a newspaper or news programme) · He was reliably reported to be drunk at the White House reception. · She is reported to have thrown a glass of wine at her former boss.
to report the details of an event or a series of events for a newspaper or news programme: · He was sent to Northern Ireland to cover the peace talks.· a magazine covering women's issues
if a newspaper or news programme runs a story , it reports a particular event, especially something that people did not previously know about: · The Editor decided not to run the story until all the facts were known.· USA Today did not run the story until Ashe had made his announcement.
a news report
· During the war, most reports were compiled under government restrictions.· As more reports emerge about his business affairs, his re-election looks increasingly unlikely. news/weather/newspaper etc report · We'll be giving you further news and weather reports every hour throughout the day.· Newspaper reports say Woods is "delighted" with his success.report about/on · A recent report on child abuse in The Guardian suggests that as many as one in ten children are at risk.report from · We're getting reports from the scene of the fighting that 12 hostages have been killed.
a report in a newspaper or news programme about a recent event or something that is interesting to the public: · The main story tonight is the earthquake in Albania.· a headline-grabbing story· The story I read in the newspaper said they intend to close the theatre down. story about/on: · There have been a lot of stories in the papers recently about contaminated food. cover/front page story (=the main story in a magazine or newspaper that is on its front cover): · the front page story in The Wall Street Journala story breaks (=when something is reported in the news): · When the story broke, the police initially refused to release any further details.
a short report that is part of a news programme or newspaper, magazine etc: · The next item will be of special interest to viewers who are dog-owners.item on/about: · There's an item about the robbery on page seven.· I turned the page, and saw a small item about Muhammad Ali.news item: · The news item announcing the verdict was much smaller than the item that announced his arrest.
an important or exciting piece of news that is printed in one newspaper before it appears in any other: · It was his first major scoop and he promised not to reveal the source of his information.· CNN quickly recognised the opportunity for a scoop.
an important or surprising piece of news that is printed in only one newspaper or broadcast by only one news programme, especially because someone has let them use the information before anyone else: · Michael Jackson has promised the network an exclusive.· We have exclusives that you won't find on other networks.world exclusive (=something that has never been reported anywhere before): · The newspaper has a reputation for good reporting and world exclusives.
the way an event or subject is reported in the news, especially how much space or time is given to reporting it: · Too much coverage is given to sport on TV and not enough to political issues.coverage of: · coverage of the Greek electionsmedia/television/press etc coverage: · The AIDS conference received extensive media coverage. · Leach had no difficulty getting press coverage for his stunts.
news on television or in a newspaper
reports about recent events, reported in newspapers or on television, radio or the Internet: · He always reads the sports news first.· Welcome to the early evening news.· I was listening to the news this morning, but I didn't catch what they said about it.on the news (=on television or radio): · They said on the news that the visit has been cancelled.· Did you hear anything on the news about the bomb? in the news (=reported about on television, radio, in newspapers etc): · She's been in the news a lot recently.follow the news (=listen, read or watch the news regularly): · I don't know if you've been following the news, but I heard that three American servicemen were killed there.
events that are reported in newspapers or in news programmes: · News is coming in about an oil spill in the South Atlantic.news about: · The paper was full of news about the peace negotiations.local/national/regional news: · We deal mainly with local news.
especially British a short news programme, in which only the most important pieces of news are read: · It was reported in news bulletins throughout the day that the astronauts were in trouble.· a weekly news bulletin
especially British /special report/news bulletin American a piece of news that is so important that it is broadcast immediately, often in the middle of another programme: · We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash.· There were special reports about the accident on all the networks.· All the shows started late because of the news bulletin about the bombing.
a broadcast report of the most recent news about something: · We will continue to bring you news updates throughout the day.update/news update on: · the latest update on the rescue effort
the important points of the news, printed in big letters on the front page of a newspaper or read at the beginning of a news broadcast: · I just have time to glance at the headlines before I leave for work.· This is the six o'clock news. First, the headlines ...
American the most important piece of news that is reported at the beginning of a news broadcast: · Tonight's top story: unemployment is at a 20 year low.
a successful company or product
· What are the features that characterized the successful corporations of the past?· He returned to Merseyside after a successful tour with Johnny Gentle.· Our most successful product is based on a very simple idea.· Gradually, word spread, and we built up a very successful business indeed.
a company, organization, or industry that is thriving is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use their products: · The nearby malls are thriving, and there's no need for another regional shopping centre.· He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son. · the thriving fast-food and soft drinks industry
a company or industry that is booming is extremely successful at a particular time, especially because economic conditions are good: · The need for personal protection has led to a booming private security industry here. · Every day, we hear that the IT industry is booming, but where's the real evidence of that?business is booming (=used to say that you are selling a lot of products and making a lot of money): · One company that specializes in fitting old computers with new parts says business is booming.
if a company or product is a success story , it has become extremely successful, especially suddenly: · Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East. · Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
what you say when you are going to summarize something
use this at the beginning of a sentence when you are going to summarize what has been said, especially at the end of a speech: · To sum up, the jury found the wrong person guilty.· To summarize, Bremer is saying "you just have to trust me."· In summary, don't waste your money on this book.
use this when you are summarizing a situation or idea in a few words: · In a nutshell, the state government is expected to be $2 million in debt by the end of the year.· A study of women at work says, in a nutshell, that opportunities have opened up dramatically.put it in a nutshell: · Bob put it in a nutshell when he said the problems was essentially a lack of communication.
use this to say the most important point about a situation in a few words: · In short, the report says that more money should be spent on education.· In short, the better a parent you are during the first 18 years, the better friends you'll be later.
especially British /to make a long story short American say this when you want to finish a story quickly and only tell people the most important parts: · To make a long story short, Stephen had a fight with Paul and ended up in the hospital.· I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
to try to make someone feel sorry for you
also play for sympathy to unfairly try to make someone feel sorry for you, in order to gain an advantage for yourself: · She had lain in her bed for years, feigning illness and playing on the sympathy of her daughters.· He decided it was best to play for sympathy on this occasion, because she might know if he tried to lie.
a story or explanation, especially one that is untrue, told by someone in order to make other people feel sorry for them: · A beggar approached me with some hard-luck story about an accident.give somebody a hard-luck/sob story: · The defendant gave us some sob story about a sick child.
to tell a story
· Some people are really good at telling stories.· You said you would tell me a story if I was good.tell (sb) a story about · He began by telling the children a story about a giant who was very unpopular with all the other giants because he wouldn't eat people.
to tell a story by describing all the events in order, especially at the same time as actors act them out: · "The Snowman", narrated by Bernard Cribbins· John Peace narrates his tale, taking us from his beginnings through university and professional training into his old age.
a person who tells stories for entertainment: · He was a marvellous storyteller. The children would listen to him for hours.· In the old oral tradition, the storyteller was an important link with the past.
the person in a story who seems to speak directly to the reader and who describes everything that happens - used especially when you write about literature: · Ishmael, the narrator of the story, tells the reader why he went to sea.· Flaubert's narrator enters Emma Bovary's consciousness from time to time, to describe events from her point of view.
an untrue story or explanation
an untrue story or explanation that you use as an excuse or to impress someone: give somebody some story: · She gave me some story about Mark being an old friend.tall tale/story: · It's the sort of tall tale about how good they are with women that guys tell in bars.cock-and-bull story especially British: · He gave me a cock-and-bull story about the glass being smashed in the storm, but it looked to me like the two of them had had a fight.
an untrue story or piece of information that someone has deliberately invented: · It can sometimes be difficult to tell fact from fiction.pure fiction (=completely untrue and invented): · The president denied that he was ill, labelling the report "pure fiction."
an untrue story or piece of information that someone has deliberately invented in order to deceive people: · Everything that was written about me in that article was a fabrication.total/pure/complete fabrication: · The defense said that the victim's story was a total fabrication designed to get revenge.
WORD SETS
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Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story
· ‘Schindler’s List’ tells the true story of Oskar Schindler.
(=old and admired by many people, or typical and good)· a classic story about a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole
· He has published two collections of short stories.
· Enid Blyton is famous for writing children’s stories.
· ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a classic love story.
(=a children’s story in which magical things happen)· She looked like a princess in a fairy story.
· an exciting adventure story for children
· Most detective stories are about a murder.
· They sat round the fire telling ghost stories.· She likes reading horror stories.
(=one that you read to a child before they go to sleep)· He remembered his mother reading him a bedtime story.
verbs
· Would you like me to tell you a story?
· She read a lot of detective stories.
· The story was written by Lewis Carroll.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘say (somebody) a story’. Say tell (somebody) a story. Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + story
(=a report about something important)· He had promised the newspaper a big story on a major celebrity.
(=the most important story in a newspaper or news programme)· The floods were the lead story on the news that evening.
· The Times published a front-page story about the scandal.
(=the main story in a magazine, mentioned on the cover)· Hello magazine did a cover story on her last year.
verbs
(=write and then print or broadcast it)· I went to Iraq to do a story on the war.
· The News of the World decided not to print the story.
(=print it or broadcast it)· There wasn’t enough definite information to run the story.
(=report on it)· Her family complained about the way that journalists had covered the story.
(=report on it for the first time)· The Daily Mail was the paper which broke the story.
(=secretly tell a reporter about it)· We may never know who leaked the story to the press.
(=it is reported for the first time)· I still remember the shock when that story broke.
 Meanings 3 & 4verbs
(also recount/relate a story formal)· I’d better tell you the whole story from the beginning.· He laughed as he recounted the story.
· I had the feeling that she wasn’t giving me the full story.
(also listen to a story)· I’ve heard that story a hundred times.
· She confessed to making up the story of being abducted.
(=keep saying it is true)· He didn’t believe her at first, but she stuck to her story.
· During police interviews, Harper changed his story several times.
· The jury did not believe Evans’s story.
(=tell each other stories)· They swapped stories and shared their experiences.
(=this is what is people say happened)· The story goes that he was drowned off the south coast, but not everyone believed it.
(=people tell it to each other)· A story went around that she had been having an affair.
adjectives
· I did not know the full story.
· She tried to think up a convincing story to tell her parents.
· The film tells the remarkable story of their escape from a prison camp.
(=one that is well-known but probably not true)· There are many apocryphal stories about him.
(=including facts that are known only to people involved)· Though I’d seen the official report, I wanted the inside story.
phrases
(=someone’s account of what happened, which may be different from someone else’s)· I would like to give my side of the story.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 The book is full of amusing stories about his childhood.
 the biblical story of Noah
 His life makes a compelling story.
(=the main story on the front of a newspaper or magazine)· Last month’s cover story was entitled ‘Your Child’s Brain’.
 He was unable to give a credible explanation for his behaviour. Her excuse was barely credible.
 I don’t think he’s telling us the full story (=everything he knows about the matter).
 Do you remember any funny stories about work?
 The story goes that my grandfather saved his captain’s life in battle.
 She insisted on telling me her whole life story.
· a tragic love story
 a moving account of his childhood in Ireland
· I read quite an interesting newspaper report on the war.
· He had listened patiently to his client’s sad story about her awful life.
 The whole sordid affair came out in the press. She discovered the truth about his sordid past. I want to hear all the sordid details!
(also spread a rumour British English, spread a rumor American English)· When Brown’s hotel burned down, Clark spread the rumor that Forsyth was to blame.
(also a rumour spreads British English, a rumor spreads American English)· It was the sort of story that would spread like wildfire.
· John le Carré is famous for writing spy stories.· one of the most exciting spy movies of all time
(=one which is exciting because you do not know what will happen next)
· He then told the story of how he was injured while riding his motorcycle.
 I don’t believe she’s telling us the whole story (=all the facts).
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial.· Last year, however, was a different story.· But behind the scenes it was a different story.· They then have a moment of near romance before wandering off into a different story.· My second book, although it has used the same idea of telekinetic powers, has a completely different story line.· Taxes on rented and business property are a different story.· Between races it was a different story.· Lee told a different story in her lawsuit.
· For the best-managed banks can only gain by telling a fuller story.· But there was no use brooding on it: the full story would never be known now.· We still do not know the full story of Brixton; therefore, we do not know the truth.· Fifi tells us the full story of Manuel Gustavo.· Read the full story in the January issue of eve.· The full story of the dismissals was told to Fong by Margerine.· They eventually lost that game although the 3-1 scoreline doesn't tell the full story of bad luck and missed chances.· That is why some reporters will go to greater lengths to look good than to get the full story.
· I had no doubts about his musicianship, his talent or his ability to tell a funny story funnily.· The drowned man. Funny how that story stuck.· He'd give us funny stories - the Colonel coming in the front door while Luke left through the back.· Perhaps Old Abe has some funny story to tell appropriate to the occasion.· Tonk and his Friends Pupils will love this funny story of a young robot called Tonk.· He had told a funny story that had made her laugh.· He told some quite funny stories.· Now she has illustrated a second, equally funny story about the time the maiden Belinda is captured by a wicked knight.
· A second equally good story describes mopping up an oil spill at sea.· I saw how it bothered him and I thought it would make a good story.· Labour still believes that it has a better story about its own plans for improving public services than the Tories.· Miss Dell writes a good story.· I think it's a good story too.· But the Bulldogs should have been one of the best stories of the first round of the tournament.· For example it has a good story, exciting in parts, amusing in parts and with some memorably drawn characters.· What is news depends on what makes a good story.
· But a long story was an indulgence.· In exchange I told her long stories.· So to cut a long story short, in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man.· The longest story is so full of pathos that the joke lines elicit only sympathy, not laughter.· To cut a long story short, they did rejoin us at lunch-time, De Gaulle no longer looking shit-scared so much as downright shifty.· I hoped it would be a long story.· For them the demand to draft or revise a long story would be wholly inappropriate.· He launched out on a long story.
· It's always the same old story.· We all love the old Chicago stories.· A decision to lay off 10% of the work force tells the old story of the drone worker.· One of the oldest stories, and to me one of the best, was about my great-grandfather, the musical postman.· I dug my father's old short stories out from beneath the roll top desk and read them.· The change sheds a bit of light on an old ghost story.· It is the same old story.· And, presto, a 400-year-old story seems modern, yet still slightly exotic.
· A moor hen's nest floating away on a swollen tyke told a sad story.· That is the sad story Jim Carlton tells in his forthcoming book about Apple Computer.· As he left, Lord Henry thought about this sad story.· The result of this sad story is that we have 4, 000 ancient Samaritan manuscripts all over the world.· It is one long sad story of complaining and discontent.· Peter Cameron tells sad stories with tender grace and understatement, as if his work were composed of panels of watercolor.· Eventually the Kiplings put Low Birk Hatt up for sale and there is a sad and curious story associated with this.· He spoke for hours and hours, telling me the great and sad story of the Tom Morrises.
· F fable A short story in prose or verse which is written so that a moral may be learnt from it.· Back in the United States he supported himself by doing construction work while trying to publish short stories and novels.· They should read a selection of material that includes short stories, novels, plays and poems.· She turned her hand to short stories, getting two published in the early 1990s.· He has written several articles and short stories and is now working on a novel.· Ask them to paraphrase a short story, and they may repeat it verbatim without making changes.· She had some modest successes behind her with short stories.· He was extremely prolific, writing novels, short stories, detective fiction set in Harlem.
· It is based on a true story so outrageous that it would never in a million years have passed muster as fiction.· Choosing to fictionalize a true story gives her a lot of liberties, and she takes every last one.· Presenter Michael Buerk had reconstructed the true story of how the man was rescued by helicopter after collapsing by a canal.· The four girls lounge in their nightgowns and tell each other the true story of how their lives are going.· He needs to know the true story.· Rene Russo re-enacts the true story of Gertrude Lintz, a socialite who nurses an infant ape to robust health.· This was not quite a true story, he admitted, just a joke to raise Secord's morale.
· But this is not the whole story.· I told them the whole story of my experiences as a teacher.· But Lakoff's particular academic training can not be the whole story.· Sam will tell you the whole story.· Bulk cargoes were not the whole story.· If there was, and that was the whole story, so be it.· It is by no means the whole story, however.· Given the whole story, Ed Woodsum would seem the natural politician, the sure vote getter.
NOUN
· MI5 was then advised that Crabb had presumably drowned and was asked to help provide a suitable cover story.· In 1984, she was the subject of a Time magazine cover story.· It was the perfect cover story.· When time magazine made her the subject of a cover story, she encouraged them to include a profile of me.· Mrs Nowak and Taczek must have got to know most of the truth and stuck by the cover story.· Consequently, most celebrity cover stories are pretty lame.· Mineral exploration and leisure development were to be the cover story and they would do at a casual glance.· The national news magazines have never granted her a cover story or a frill appreciation.
· He also wonders how to open Gabriel's locket and where to find the 101 Detective stories.· Elizabeth did not like detective stories, because some one was usually hanged at the end of them.· But they can also be used to play the game that is the simple blueprint detective story.· That the blueprint detective story at its most basic is not a story.· That may sound silly, but readers of blueprint detective stories want pure detection.· The Classical Blueprint Let's start with the classical detective story, sometimes called the old-fashioned detective story.
· It's a bit like telling ghost stories.· The change sheds a bit of light on an old ghost story.· They spent their long winters under a deep blanket of snow, singing and creating ghost stories.· Huck asks for a ghost story, so Jim tells a story about a scary evening he spent with medical school cadavers.· We were talking about death and exchanging gruesome ghost stories.· Myths and ghost stories abound on any normal day.· There are loads of familiar ghost stories.· The ghost story may be in for revision too.
· But the refugees' horror stories have not changed.· There are so many horror stories about ESOPs that many men would just prefer to sign their money away.· And still the horror stories go on.· Some shoppers tell horror stories of plastic bags ripping apart as they carry a gallon jug of milk.· I will refrain from horror stories of Burleigh's past, but I assure you, Corbett is right.· She can tell the Holocaust horror stories now without bursting into tears.· But it couldn't have come at a worse time, given that their volatile relationship has turned into a horror story.· This true-life horror story coming out of Los Angeles a few years back became an instant media sensation.
· Sometimes their life stories are so unusual that truth is stranger than fiction.· Cornell was the most autobiographical of artists, for ever relating his life story -- or lack of one -- in his work.· This is the time to make up for the imprecision of the life story in Step 1.· And I realized some songs were more important in paralleling my life story than I thought they were.· That's why we should now make a start on reminding ourselves of the relevance of our own particular life story.· Often families, like the patients, floundered in their efforts to adapt to new roles and changed life stories.· InPart One the life stories are used only retrospectively, drawing on childhood memories of grandparents.· His platform is his life story and his political career.
· But now they have gone, the story line has gone from strength to strength.· Chapter books require that we and our children maintain our hold on the story line over the duration of the reading period.· It can make a story line clearer, which is always an advantage.· This simple story line was elaborated in the works of Hesiod, Aeschylus, Lucian, Ovid, and others.· Trust remains the central story line.· They write you better story lines, you work more episodes, get more attention.· Indeed, one might wonder how the same basic story line would look if supplemented with those evaluative devices.· The singer of popular song lyrics is a storyteller, and must communicate that story line in a personal, intimate way.
· As if in a corny love story, they found themselves in each other's arms.· The narrative line wavers, its constant ebb and flow in political affairs and love story creating a sense of drift.· She says she couldn't get involved with the love story.· I see it as a story of community, a love story.· And why was their love story so special?· I love a good love story!· Even by the industry's fickle standards, it was one of the shortest corporate love stories ever told.· Not just any love story will do.
· Photography for general news stories News of the day-to-day happenings within the organisation can be communicated with much more interest by photography.· At most major newspapers, publishers control opinion pages but leave decisions on news stories to editors.· It was the news story of the century, after all.· Rarely is any news story ever underplayed.· She's shown us the label so we can recognize the packaged news story like it was a familiar soap powder.· Anti-continents, news stories began calling them.· Indeed late news stories can be added just moments before the final pages go off to the printers.· But even I am a little bit curious as to what the top news stories are.
· Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.· What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories.· Yoyo came home the next day with the success story of the assembly.· Last year's success story, Business 2.0, was put up for sale last week.· Or consider that some of the nations long heralded as family planning success stories have faltered on the road to re-placement fertility.· Waterstone's was an unlikely success story of the 80s Thatcherite boom.· Every success story in our business affirms these words.
VERB
· I had heard the story before, along with another one reputedly originating from the same school.· I personally heard this story from a fellow who heard it from the fellow it happened to.· On hearing the story Lily had retired to bed with a headache leaving Stella to do the washing-up.· As it got dark, rather than hear a scary bedtime story, Stuart wanted to walk in the woods with me.· We are always glad to hear your stories, complaints and, of course, your enthusiastic praise.· When he heard the story, he too began to cry as the wine collected around his feet.· Once again, he left the pupils to superintend the luncheon and departed into the small parlour to hear their story.· Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.
· Either have one person reading the story, or have different people reading different parts.· You go upstairs and read Campbell a story before she goes to sleep.· The best known of them was Dornford Yates, author of the now unreadable but once hugely read Berry and Co stories.· People read the story and laughed.· Her father was reading her the story, a long time ago.· Analysis Have the students read their stories.· You let me read that story you wrote for your class magazine: The Dragon's Mouth.· Like anyone else, I read these stories and think, my, what heroic beasts.
· The scrum-half's face told its own sorry story.· At the time Jane Gilbert told these stories, they were of more than academic interest to her.· Mr. Evans Will the Secretary of State acknowledge that that incredible figure does not tell the entire story?· Tuttle and Garagiola visit major league clubhouses, telling the story, and they have achieved some results.· I remember I would be told infantile stories, altogether appropriate to my infantile station.· They tell stories that other people told them.· But in spite of her enthusiasm, she never tumbled to the silent response which greeted her each time she told the story.· That night at dinner Ken told me an awful story that his friend Greg had related in a letter.
· Gina was writing stories to be like Eleanor and also poetry, in imitation of Nigel's youthful ambitions.· Perhaps Darnley's killers wrote these stories about Bothwell, before they killed Darnley.· A reporter can only write one story at a time, which I liken to preparing just one dish at a time.· He might also have had to write his story while lying on his back.· After the students write their stories, they may want to share them in pairs or with the whole class.· After all this rigmarole, they were to write a story to fit the words and pictures they had chosen.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • It's the same old story - too much work and not enough time.
► it’s a long story► to cut a long story short
  • I did not get home till 6:00 am on sunday after the spurs game!!! but that's another story.
  • It also causes lucrative publicity and a scapegoat, but that's another story.
  • Like Birdie Walker, I survived, but that's another story.
  • There's room for even more, but that's another story.
  • You could, of course, buy one of the super Chunky machines - but that's another story!
► that’s not the whole story► that’s the story of my life
  • Another good restaurant bites the dust -- end of story, right?
  • Mark a ballot, lick a stamp: end of story.
  • The fish will get their wheatgerm this autumn, end of story.
  • Between races it was a different story.
  • But his recent speeches, carried on the Internet and in church publications, tell a different story.
  • But it is a different story when we focus on phonological change.
  • It means that if the engineer comes up with a different story they can use this to embarrass the plaintiff at trial.
  • Lee told a different story in her lawsuit.
  • Perhaps if people had spoken up, taken a strong stand, history would tell a different story.
  • Taxes on rented and business property are a different story.
  • They then have a moment of near romance before wandering off into a different story.
► it’s the same story here/there/in ...PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • He gave me a cock and bull story about the glass being smashed by hailstones.
  • I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
  • But they can also be used to play the game that is the simple blueprint detective story.
  • Elizabeth did not like detective stories, because some one was usually hanged at the end of them.
  • I wanted to stay and read the latest Encyclopedia Brown detective story.
  • It was the feeling she had had as a child when she frightened herself with a detective story.
  • Key elements are missing, primarily the complexities, surprises and textures of the detective stories.
  • Their approach is informal and Physics of Stellar Evolution and Cosmology reads like a scientific detective story.
  • This is the detective novel or the crime novel which makes its comments on life through humour rather than more directly.
  • Your detective of the detective story, of course, went about seeking information.
  • I'm not going to lend you any more money, end of story.
  • Another good restaurant bites the dust -- end of story, right?
  • Mark a ballot, lick a stamp: end of story.
  • The fish will get their wheatgerm this autumn, end of story.
  • A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
  • If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
  • If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
  • It became the stuff of front-page news.
  • It must have made front-page news.
  • Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
  • The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
  • The war was no longer front-page news.
  • How could you side with them after hearing only half the story?
  • But numbers on economic growth that look so wonderful for the emerging world tell only half the story.
  • But that was only half the story of what was on General Kent's mind, and Harry would see that immediately.
  • But this is only half the story.
  • If only half the stories are true, this is some one who attracts trouble.
  • Obviously, television has heightened awareness of the sport, but that is only half the story.
  • Of course, what Dooley did at the water fountain was only half the story!
  • The red notebook, of course, is only half the story, as any sensitive reader will understand.
► get hold of an idea/an impression/a story etc► inside information/the inside story etc
  • Closed doors with Wilkinson usually meant that he had some especially juicy gossip or that he was fishing for information.
  • It was not a likely story when she was due on stage in half an hour.
► natural-born singer/story-teller etc
  • On one level, it is vastly entertaining and a rattling good read.
  • We bet the Weatherfield Advertiser was a rattling good read under Ken's editorship.
  • For those who claimed to have seen or heard it all before, racism was always the same old story.
  • It's always the same old story.
  • It seems to be the same old story.
  • Oh, you know - it's the same old story.
  • Sounds like the same old story really.
  • He could spin a yarn, and you had to take what he said with a pinch of salt.
  • Joe was in top form, spinning stories, issuing pronunciamentos, dropping withering quips at every opportunity.
  • She liked to spin yarn, sing, and dance.
  • Bring in the police, the press, the king himself, and I shall stick to my story.
  • He had stuck to his story, that they'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early.
  • You do not have to stick to the story line.
  • Richardson is one of the few success stories from the housing projects.
  • Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East.
  • Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
  • Any list of success stories is bound to omit some favourite voice.
  • Despite the challenges, the nonprofit center and its staff have logged numerous success stories, said Glasser.
  • For each service, add a few success stories from recent clients.
  • Her success story resulted in a three page feature in Slimming Magazine last February.
  • Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.
  • One of lung cancer's success stories, he runs a support group for lung cancer patients and their families.
  • Sikes shows us the success stories.
  • Similar success stories can be found in other countries - for example, the aerospace exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.
  • And yet all his life, his integrity warred with a flair for the theatrical, a fondness for tall tales.
  • But there's still time to remember tall stories from previous superintendents.
  • He wowed his colleagues after hours with tall tales.
  • Horden's design blended innovation and massing A tall story or a tourdeforce?
  • No Baron Munchausen would have dared to imprison his saga within the limits of a tall tale.
  • With his feeling for tall stories he's a radio natural, though.
  • A U. S. Embassy official said he had unconfirmed reports of 300 dead.
  • Horrors include the bombing of civilians and unconfirmed reports that napalm has been used.
  • One unconfirmed report said Hamilton had intended to take the children hostage but that his plan went awry.
  • Several commercial tests are available but there are few and unconfirmed reports of their efficacy.
  • The whereabouts of Pastor Tokes remained unclear, amid unconfirmed reports that he had been murdered.
  • There were unconfirmed reports that two activists were killed.
  • We have an unconfirmed report of shots fired in the area of Brandenburg Gate.
1for entertainment a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary → talestory about/of a story about a princessfairy/ghost/love etc story a detective storytell/read somebody a story Mommy, will you read me a story? a book of short stories We cuddled together over a bedtime story. The film was based on a true story. Don’t be frightened – it’s only a story (=it is imaginary).2news a report in a newspaper or news broadcast about a recent event, or something that is reported on:  a front-page story ‘The Observer’ ran a story about the scandal (=printed it).cover story (=the main story in a magazine, which is about the picture on the cover)3events an account of something that has happened, usually one that people tell each other, and which may not be true:  The full story of what happened has never been reported. Her parents did not believe her story. First, he wanted to hear Matthew’s side of the story (=his description of what happened). He was having an affair with Julie, or so the story goes (=people are saying this).4excuse an excuse or explanation, especially one that you have invented:  Where were you? And don’t give me some story about working late! Well, that’s my story (=that is what I say happened), and I’m sticking to it.5history a description of the most important events in someone’s life or in the development of something:  the Charlie Parker Story He wanted to have his life story told on film.6building American English a floor or level of a building SYN storey British English:  a 50-story building7of a film/play etc what happens in a film, play, or book SYN  plot:  The story is similar in all her books.8it’s the same story here/there/in ... used to say the same thing is happening in another place:  Unemployment is falling in the US, and it’s the same story in Europe.SPOKEN PHRASES9it’s the same old story used to say that the present bad situation has often happened before:  It’s the same old story – too much work and not enough time.10it’s a long story used to tell someone that you do not want to give them all the details that a full answer to their question would need11to cut a long story short (also to make a long story short American English) used when you only give the main point of something you are talking about, and not all the other details12but that’s another story used when you have mentioned something that you are not going to talk about on this occasion13that’s not the whole story used to say that there are more details which people need to know in order to understand the situation14that’s the story of my life used after a disappointing experience to mean that similar disappointing things always seem to happen to you15end of story used to say that there is nothing more to say about a particular subject:  As far as I’m concerned, Terry is still a friend – end of story.16it’s a different story used to say that something is not what you expect it to be:  It looks like a big house, but inside it’s a different story.17lie a lie – used by children or when speaking to children SYN  tale:  You shouldn’t tell stories. → short story, → cock and bull story at cock1(4), → hard-luck story, sob story, → success story at success(5)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1ADJECTIVES/NOUN + storya 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 holea 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 childrena 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.verbstell (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 ► Don’t say ‘say (somebody) a story’. Say tell (somebody) a story.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + storya 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.verbsdo 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.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 3 & 4verbstell (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.adjectivesthe 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.phrasessomebody’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.THESAURUSstory 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 storiestale 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 [countable, uncountable] a very old imaginary story about gods and magical creatures: · an ancient myth· Greek and Roman mythslegend noun [countable, uncountable] 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 fableepic 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 Wallacesaga 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 1880syarn informal a long exciting story that is not completely true: · The movie’s a rattling good yarn and full of action.
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