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story

UK: /ˈstɔː.ri/ US: /ˈstɔːr.i/ (pl stories)

Translation

n [c]
historia
an exciting story
una historia emocionante
to tell somebody a story
contar una historia a alguien
cuento
(en un periódico)
noticia
It's a long story
Es largo de contar
US See storey
Véase tb: ghost story; horror story; shaggy dog story; tall story
(Definition of story n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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