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1 whopper
n infml1)2)You ought to have seen the whopper he caught this morning — Ты бы видел, какую сегодня утром он поймал рыбину!
She had a whopper of an argument with her boss that made her cry — У нее произошло шумное объяснение с шефом, после которого она выскочила от него вся в слезах
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2 story
1. n повесть; рассказshort story — рассказ, новелла
2. n фабула, сюжетthe main thing in a novel is the story — самое главное в романе — это сюжет
story line — фабула, основная сюжетная линия
3. n история; предание; сказкаthe story has been several times handled in both prose and verse — это предание не раз излагалось и стихами и прозой
according to her story — по её словам; по её собственному заявлению
that is the whole story — вот и всё, вот и весь сказ
there is a story that … — говорят, что …
do you believe his story? — вы верите тому, что он говорит?
tall story — небылица, сказка
4. n разг. разговор, рассказ; россказни, сплетни5. n разг. преим. детск. выдумка, ложьto tell stories — выдумывать, лгать, сочинять, рассказывать сказки, небылицы
fish story — выдумка; безбожное враньё
6. n амер. газетный материал, сообщение в печати7. n амер. лицо или событие, заслуживающее освещения в печатиthe repeater of the story — тот, кто всё разболтал
crime story — детективный роман или фильм, детектив
Синонимический ряд:1. article (noun) article; news; scoop2. floor (noun) floor; landing; level; stage; tier3. lie (noun) canard; cock-and-bull story; falsehood; falsity; fib; fiction; inveracity; lie; misrepresentation; misstatement; prevarication; taradiddle; untruism; untruth; whopper4. piece (noun) item; paragraph; piece; squib5. plot (noun) incident; intrigue; plot; theme6. report (noun) account; allegation; chronicle; description; history; narrative; report; statement; version7. tale (noun) allegory; anecdote; conte; fable; legend; myth; narration; novel; parable; recital; tale; yarn
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