strangers

/ˈstreɪn(d)ʒə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈstreɪn(d)ʒə/

strangers

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

stran - gers -> strangers

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) လူစိမ်းများ

Full entry

story¹ /'stↄ:ri/ n

၁။ ~ (about/of sb/sth) (က) အဖြစ်အပျက်။ ဖြစ်ပုံ။ ဖြစ်စဉ်။ ဖြစ်အင်။ ဖြစ်ထွေ။ ပြောပြချက်။ ဇာတ်လမ်း။ ဘဝဇာတ်ကြောင်း။ the story of Martin Luther King ❍ stories of ancient Greece ❍ You haven't heard the full/whole story. ❍ The police didn't believe her story. ❍ Many years later I returned to Africa—but that's another story. See also LIFE STORY, HARD-LUCK STORY, SOB-STORY (ခ) ပုံပြင်။ ဝတ္ထု။ a love story ❍ a short story by Chekhov ❍ an adventure story for children ❍ My father always used to tell us bedtime stories. See also COCK-AND-BULL STORY, FAIRY STORY, GHOST STORY, TALL STORY
၂။ (also story-line ) ဇာတ်လမ်း။ ဇာတ်ကြောင်း။ ဇာတ်အိမ်။ Her novels always have the same basic story (-line).
၃။ (journalism ) (က) သတင်း။ သတင်း ဆောင်းပါး။ a front-page story ❍ the cover story (ie advertised on the cover of a magazine). See also LEAD STORY (ခ) သတင်း။ be on the look-out for a good story.
၄။ (infml ) လံကြုပ်။ မုသား။ Don't tell stories, Peter.
❏ story-book n ဒဏ္ဍာရီ။ Their love affair had a story-book ending (ie It ended in a happy way, as most children's stories do).
❏ the story goes that …/so the story goes [IDM ] အဲဒီလိုပြောကြတာပဲ။ She never saw him again—or so the story goes.
❏ that's the story of my life [IDM ] (infml ) ဘုံဘဝ ကြုံရသည့်ဖြစ်အင်။ Another missed opportunity—that's the story of my life!

story² (US )

= STOREY

More examples

She’s written several children’s stories.
The book is about the discovery of DNA – it’s a marvellous story.
[story about] : A story about a beautiful princess and a frog
[read/tell a story] : She was reading a story to the children.
[detective/love/adventure story] : A passionate love story with a happy ending
[news story] : And now for a recap of tonight’s main news stories.
[front-page story] : The murder was a front-page story in the local newspaper.
[story of] : The film is the story of their friendship.
[the story behind something] : The book reveals the story behind this traditional dance.
Have you heard his story about the time he met the Queen?
The special effects were good, but the story was boring.
Do you expect me to believe that ridiculous story?
He’s concocted an elaborate story about where he was that night.
There are stories going around that they are having an affair.
I heard a story that he had moved to Australia.
The President has refused to confirm or deny the story.

Synonyms

tale, narrative, account, yarn, legend, fairy-tale, chronicle, anecdote, adventure, allegory, apologue, article, autobiography, barefaced lie, beat, biography, book, canard, check on, check up, cliffhanger, cock-and-bull story, comedy, conte, corroborate, declare true, description, division, double check, drama, epic, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fantasy, feature, fib, fiction, floor, folktale, gag, give nod, history, information, item, landing, layer, level, lie, long and short of it, memoir, misrepresentation, myth, narration, news, news item, nonfiction, novel, old saw, parable, piece, porky, potboiler, prevarication, recital, record, relation, report, romance, rubber-stamp, saga, scoop, section, sequel, serial, spiel, statement, tier, tragedy, untruism, untruth, version, white lie, whopper

Antonyms

non-fiction, truth