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1 story
I ['sto:ri] plural - stories; noun1) (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.) příběh, historka2) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) lež•- a tall story II see storey* * *• povídka• příběh -
2 a tall story
(an obviously untrue story; a lie.) vymyšlená historka* * *• báchorka -
3 cock-and-bull story
(an absurd, unbelievable story.) prášilovská historka -
4 cover story
noun (the main story in a magazine that goes with a picture on the front cover.) hlavní článek, který se váže k fotografii na obálce časopisu -
5 fairy-story
1) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) pohádka2) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) pohádka -
6 the story goes
(people say: He has been in jail or so the story goes.) říká se -
7 fairy story
• pohádka -
8 serial story
• seriál -
9 short story
• povídka -
10 tell one's story
• vypovídat -
11 tell story
• vypovídat -
12 a likely story!
(I don't believe it!) povídačky! -
13 multi-story
adjective (having many floors or storeys: a multi-storey car park.) vícepodlažní -
14 sequel
['si:kwəl]1) (a result or consequence: an unpleasant sequel to an incident.) následek2) (a story that is a continuation of an earlier story: a sequel to a story about a boy called Matthew.) další díl* * *• pokračování• následek• důsledek -
15 cook up
(to invent or make up a false story etc: He cooked up a story about his car having broken down.) vymyslet si* * *• uvařit• rychle uvařit• něco vymyslet -
16 embellish
[im'beliʃ]1) (to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details: The soldier embellished the story of his escape.) přikrášlit2) (to make beautiful with ornaments etc: uniform embellished with gold braid.) ozdobit•* * *• vyzdobit -
17 epic
['epik]1) (a long poem telling a story of great deeds.) epos2) (a long story, film etc telling of great deeds especially historic.) epopej* * *• epický -
18 fable
['feibl]1) (a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour: Aesop's fables.) bajka2) (a legend or untrue story: fact or fable?) legenda; výmysl•- fabulous- fabulously* * *• výmysl• bajka• bájit -
19 figure
['fiɡə, ]( American[) 'fiɡjər] 1. noun1) (the form or shape of a person: A mysterious figure came towards me; That girl has got a good figure.) postava2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) obrazec3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) cifra4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) obrázek2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) figurovat2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) myslet, počítat•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
- figure out* * *• tvar• usoudit• útvar• vyčíslit• vzor• zjev• zobrazit• znázornit• postava• přijít k závěru• představa• schéma• obrázek• obrazec• figurovat• figurka• figura• naznačit• částka• domnívat se• cifra• číslo -
20 first-hand
adjective, adverb ((of a story, description etc) obtained directly, not through various other people: a first-hand account; I heard the story first-hand.) z první ruky* * *• první
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