story

I 'sto:ri plural - stories; noun

1) (an account of an event, or series of events, real or imaginary: the story of the disaster; the story of his life; He went to the police with his story; What sort of stories do boys aged 10 like?; adventure/murder/love stories; a story-book; He's a good story-teller.) historie, fortelling

2) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) løgn

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- the story goes

- a tall story II see storey

historie

I

subst. \/ˈstɔːrɪ\/

(spesielt amer.) se ➢ storey

II

subst. \/ˈstɔːrɪ\/

1) historie, fortelling, beretning, saga, sagn

• stories from the old Greece

beretninger fra det gamle Hellas

2) anekdote, historie

• a good story

en god historie

3) eventyr, fabel

4) bakgrunn, historie

• get the whole story before commenting

5) rykte, sladder

6) (i film, bok e.l.) story, handling, intrige

7) nyhetsstoff, story

8) (hverdagslig) skrøne, liten løgn

according to someone's story ifølge noens utsagn, ifølge noens versjon

a charming little story en solskinnshistorie (spøkefullt) en skjønn, liten historie

it is (quite) another story now det er helt andre tider nå

run a story publisere en nyhet

• every newspaper ran the story

nyheten stod i alle avisene

tell a story eller tell stories skrøne, snakke usant

• don't tell stories!

kom ikke med skrøner!

that's a another story eller that's a very different story det er en helt annen historie det er et kapittel for seg

that's not the whole story det er ikke hele sannheten

the same old story den samme gamle visa, den samme gamle leksa

the story goes that ... det fortelles at ..., det sies at ...

to cut a long story short eller make a long story short for å gjøre en lang historie kort, kort sagt, for å komme til saken