Story
A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within.
A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record.
The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance.
A euphemism or child's word for "a lie;" a fib; as, to tell a story.
To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story.
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Story Quotations
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
C. S. Lewis
The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.
Jimi Hendrix
Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.
Walt Disney
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Margaret Thatcher
I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.
Kurt Cobain
I want to tell you a terrific story about oral contraception. I asked this girl to sleep with me and she said 'No.'
Woody Allen
Objects in pictures should so be arranged as by their very position to tell their own story.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
Charles Dickens
If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again.
Groucho Marx
Story Translations
story in Afrikaans is storie, verdieping, verhaal, geskiedenis
story in Dutch is etage, verdieping
story in Finnish is kerros, historia
story in Italian is farsa, rapporto, fiaba, racconto, storia
story in Latin is fabula
story in Norwegian is etasje
story in Spanish is conseja, historia, cuento
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