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  • 61 wand

    • varpu
    • virkasauva
    • sauva
    music
    • tahtipuikko
    • taikasauva
    automatic data processing
    • lukukynä
    * * *
    wond
    (a long slender rod eg used as the symbol of magic power by conjurors, fairies etc: In the story, the fairy waved her magic wand and the frog became a prince.) taikasauva

    English-Finnish dictionary > wand

  • 62 warmed-over

    1) (warmed up or heated again: warmed-over soup.)
    2) ((of a story, idea etc) that has been heard many times before so that it is no longer interesting or relevant.)

    English-Finnish dictionary > warmed-over

  • 63 worm

    • kerran tallennettava tietolevy
    * * *
    wə:m 1. noun
    (a kind of small creeping animal with a ringed body and no backbone; an earth-worm.) mato
    2. verb
    1) (to make (one's way) slowly or secretly: He wormed his way to the front of the crowd.) ujuttautua
    2) (to get (information etc) with difficulty (out of someone): It took me hours to worm the true story out of him.) kalastaa tietoja

    English-Finnish dictionary > worm

  • 64 yarn

    • villalanka
    • rihma
    • merimiesjuttu
    • tarina
    • tarinoida
    • lanka
    • lanka (villa-)
    * * *
    I noun
    (wool, cotton etc spun into thread: knitting-yarn; a length of yarn.) lanka
    II noun
    (an old word for a story or tale: He told us interesting yarns about his travels.) juttu

    English-Finnish dictionary > yarn

См. также в других словарях:

  • don't give me that line/story etc. — do not tell me that false story    Don t give me that line about a cure for the common cold …   English idioms

  • story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… …   English World dictionary

  • Etc...TV — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Etc...medios S.A. Nombre público Etc...TV Eslogan Todo pasa x ETC Tipo Television por cable Programación Infantil y Juvenil Propietario Telefilms Ltda. Inicio de tr …   Wikipedia Español

  • Story — Story, Jos., amerik. Rechtsgelehrter, geb. 18. Sept. 1779 zu Marblehead bei Boston, 1809 11 im Kongreß ein Haupt der demokrat. Partei, 1811 Richter am obersten Gerichtshof der Ver. Staaten, seit 1829 zugleich Prof. in Cambridge, gest. das. 10.… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Story [2] — Story, Joseph, geb. 18. Sept. 1779 in Marblehead im Staate Massachusetts, wurde 1804 Advocat, 1806 Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses von Massachusetts u. 1808 Sprecher (Präsident) desselben, 1811 Richter am Bundesobergericht (Supreme Court) zu… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • story — [1] ► NOUN (pl. stories) 1) an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment. 2) an account of past events, experiences, etc. 3) an item of news. 4) a storyline. 5) informal a lie …   English terms dictionary

  • story — sto|ry W2S2 [ˈsto:ri] n plural stories ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for entertainment)¦ 2¦(news)¦ 3¦(events)¦ 4¦(excuse)¦ 5¦(history)¦ 6¦(building)¦ 7¦(of a film/play etc)¦ 8 it s the same story here …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • story — noun 1 account of events/people, true or invented ADJECTIVE ▪ true ▪ plausible ▪ false, made up ▪ She told the police a false story about being attacked. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • story — / stO:ri/ noun (C) 1 FOR ENTERTAINMENT a description of how something happened, that is intended to entertain people, and may be true or imaginary: the story of Cinderella | Don t be frightened, Connie it s only a story. (=it is imaginary) (+… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • story — story1 storyless, adj. /stawr ee, stohr ee/, n., pl. stories, v., storied, storying. n. 1. a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale. 2. a fictitious tale,… …   Universalium

  • story — 1. n. (pl. ies) 1 an account of imaginary or past events; a narrative, tale, or anecdote. 2 the past course of the life of a person or institution etc. (my story is a strange one). 3 (in full story line) the narrative or plot of a novel or play… …   Useful english dictionary

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