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I ['stɔːrɪ]= storeyII ['stɔːrɪ] n1) оповіда́ння, по́вістьshort story — коро́тке оповіда́ння, нове́ла
a good [funny] story — анекдо́т
2) фа́була, сюже́т3) розм. ви́гадка; брехня́; побрехе́нькаdon't tell stories — не вига́дуйте
4) амер. газе́тний матеріа́л5) пере́каз; леге́нда; ка́зка; істо́ріяhis story is an eventful one — його́ біогра́фія бага́та на поді́ї
they all tell the same story — вони́ всі ка́жуть одне́ й те са́ме
according to his story — за його́ слова́ми
••to make a long story short — коро́тше ка́жучи
that is another story — це зо́всім і́нша спра́ва
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According as — According Ac*cord ing, p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. This according voice of national wisdom. Burke. Mind and soul according well. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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according to — index pursuant to Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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