Storied

Definition

story 1 /'stↄ:ri/ n ၁။ ~ (about/of sb/sth) (က) အျဖစ္အပ်က္။ ျဖစ္ပံု။ ျဖစ္စဥ္။ ျဖစ္အင္။ ျဖစ္ေထြ။ ေျပာျပခ်က္။ ဇာတ္လမ္း။ ဘဝဇာတ္ေၾကာင္း။ 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) ပံုျပင္။ ဝတၳဳ။ 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 ) ဇာတ္လမ္း။ ဇာတ္ေၾကာင္း။ ဇာတ္အိမ္။ Her novels always have the same basic story (-line). ၃။ ( journalism ) (က) သတင္း။ သတင္း ေဆာင္းပါး။ a front-page story ❍ the cover story (ie advertised on the cover of a magazine). See also LEAD STORY (ခ) သတင္း။ be on the look-out for a good story. ၄။ ( infml ) လံၾကဳပ္။ မုသား။ Don't tell stories, Peter. ❏ story-book n ဒ႑ာရီ။ 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 ] အဲဒီလိုေျပာၾကတာပဲ။ She never saw him again—or so the story goes. ❏ that's the story of my life [ IDM ] ( infml ) ဘံုဘဝ ႀကံဳရသည့္ျဖစ္အင္။ Another missed opportunity—that's the story of my life! story 2 ( US ) = STOREY

Examples

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