write write a short story to bring out the meaning of the proverb still water runs deep
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The main story in the papers today is the president's speech.
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a lie:
He made up some story about having to be at his aunt's wedding anniversary.
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It's an age-old story of love and betrayal.
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The story is about theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
Throughout the novel, the story is seenthrough the eyes of a detached observer.
We don't know the full details of the story yet.
He told the extraordinary story of his escape.
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story noun [C] (LEVEL)
B2 US
(UK storey)
a level of a building:
a three-story house
Their new house has four stories including theattic.
Synonyms
floor (LEVEL OF BUILDING)
level (FLOOR)
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Idioms
it's/that's the story of my life
that's my story and I'm sticking to it
to cut a long story short
(Definition of story from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
story | AMERICAN DICTIONARY
story
noun [ C ]
US
/ˈstɔr·i, ˈstoʊr·i/
story noun [C] (DESCRIPTION)
a description of events that actually happened or that are invented:
There was a news story on television aboutflooding on the west coast.
My daughter won’t go to bed without hearing abedtime story.
A story can also be a lie:
Don’t tell me any stories – I want to know what really happened.
story noun [C] (LEVEL)
a level of a building:
She lived on the third floor of a seven-storybuilding.
(Definition of story from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
EXAMPLES of story
story
Therefore, try your best when you tell the story, so (s)he can solve the riddle.
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It also suggests that traditional ways of telling the storyoverlook what sustains ordinary folk intent on finding religious meaning and identity.
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COLLOCATIONS with story
story
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amazing story
This is an amazing story.
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bedtime story
The venerable tradition of the bedtime story, a story intended to soothe anxieties and ease young children into sleep, is discarded with gleeful panache.
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classic story
It was a classic story.
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the answer is in the above pic
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