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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.) saga, frásögn2) ((used especially to children) a lie: Don't tell stories!) lygasaga•- a tall story II see storey -
2 a tall story
(an obviously untrue story; a lie.) lygasaga -
3 cock-and-bull story
(an absurd, unbelievable story.) ÿkjufrásögn, lygasaga -
4 cover story
noun (the main story in a magazine that goes with a picture on the front cover.) -
5 fairy-story
1) (an old, or children's, story of fairies, magic etc: a book of fairy-stories.) ævintÿri; álfasaga2) (an untrue statement; a lie: I don't want to hear any fairy-stories!) skröksaga, lygi -
6 the story goes
(people say: He has been in jail or so the story goes.) sagan segir, sagt er -
7 a likely story!
(I don't believe it!) líklegt! (eða hitt þó heldur) -
8 multi-story
adjective (having many floors or storeys: a multi-storey car park.) marghæða -
9 sequel
['si:kwəl]1) (a result or consequence: an unpleasant sequel to an incident.) afleiðing2) (a story that is a continuation of an earlier story: a sequel to a story about a boy called Matthew.) framhald -
10 cook up
(to invent or make up a false story etc: He cooked up a story about his car having broken down.) sjóða saman, skálda upp -
11 embellish
[im'beliʃ]1) (to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details: The soldier embellished the story of his escape.) skreyta, ÿkja2) (to make beautiful with ornaments etc: uniform embellished with gold braid.) skreyta• -
12 epic
['epik]1) (a long poem telling a story of great deeds.) söguljóð, hetjuljóð2) (a long story, film etc telling of great deeds especially historic.) löng og efnismikil skáldsaga, leikrit eða kvikmynd -
13 fable
['feibl]1) (a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour: Aesop's fables.) dæmisaga2) (a legend or untrue story: fact or fable?) þjóðsaga, lygasaga•- fabulous- fabulously -
14 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.) ásÿnd, útlit; vaxtarlag2) (a (geometrical) shape: The page was covered with a series of triangles, squares and other geometrical figures.) mynd3) (a symbol representing a number: a six-figure telephone number.) tala, tölustafur4) (a diagram or drawing to explain something: The parts of a flower are shown in figure 3.) skÿringarmynd2. verb1) (to appear (in a story etc): She figures largely in the story.) koma fram, birtast2) (to think, estimate or consider: I figured that you would arrive before half past eight.) hugsa, reikna út•- figuratively
- figurehead
- figure of speech
- figure out -
15 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.) milliliðalaus; frá fyrstu hendi -
16 message
['mesi‹]1) (a piece of information spoken or written, passed from one person to another: I have a message for you from Mr Johnston.) skilaboð2) (the instruction or teaching of a moral story, religion, prophet etc: What message is this story trying to give us?) boðskapur• -
17 moral
['morəl] 1. adjective(of, or relating to, character or behaviour especially right behaviour: high moral standards; He leads a very moral (= good) life.) siðferðilegur2. noun(the lesson to be learned from something that happens, or from a story: The moral of this story is that crime doesn't pay.) boðskapur- morally- morality
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18 tale
[teil]1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) saga, frásögn2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) lygasaga, uppspuni -
19 tell
[tel]1) (to inform or give information to (a person) about (something): He told the whole story to John; He told John about it.) segja/greina (frá)2) (to order or command; to suggest or warn: I told him to go away.) skipa3) (to say or express in words: to tell lies / the truth / a story.) segja4) (to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide: Can you tell the difference between them?; I can't tell one from the other; You can tell if the meat is cooked by/from the colour.) greina (sundur), segja til um5) (to give away a secret: You mustn't tell or we'll get into trouble.) segja frá6) (to be effective; to be seen to give (good) results: Good teaching will always tell.) segja til sín, hafa áhrif•- teller- telling
- tellingly
- telltale
- I told you so
- tell off
- tell on
- tell tales
- tell the time
- there's no telling
- you never can tell -
20 twist
[twist] 1. verb1) (to turn round (and round): He twisted the knob; The road twisted through the mountains.) snúa(st); vinda(st); bugðast2) (to wind around or together: He twisted the piece of string (together) to make a rope.) flétta3) (to force out of the correct shape or position: The heat of the fire twisted the metal; He twisted her arm painfully.) snúa upp á; aflaga2. noun1) (the act of twisting.) snúningur, vindingur2) (a twisted piece of something: He added a twist of lemon to her drink.) uppásnúin (sítrónu)sneið3) (a turn, coil etc: There's a twist in the rope.) snúningur, vafningur4) (a change in direction (of a story etc): The story had a strange twist at the end.) snögg umskipti, hvörf•- twisted- twister
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