story

Geschichte, Erzählung

Mündliche oder schriftliche Darstellung wirklicher oder erfundener Ereignisse.

In einfachem Englisch: An account of real or imagined events, told or written for others.

• Tell me a story.
• We read three stories before bed.
• His latest story is about two sisters.

So benutzt man es: a story about someone/something (She wrote a story about a lost dog.)

Synonyme: tale, account, narrative

Häufige Wendungen: tell a story, short story

Stockwerk, Etage

Eine der Ebenen eines Gebäudes.

In einfachem Englisch: One level of a building.

• The house has one story.
• Our office is on the top story.
• They built a hotel with twenty stories.

Synonyme: floor, storey

Häufige Wendungen: one story, top story

Story

Online geteiltes Bild oder kurzes Video, das meist nach kurzer Zeit verschwindet.

In einfachem Englisch: Pictures or short videos shared online that usually disappear after a short time.

• I posted a story about our trip.
• Her latest story shows her new puppy.
• Did you see the photos in my story?

Häufige Wendungen: post a story, instagram story

Lüge

Unwahre Aussage, mit der man andere täuschen will.

In einfachem Englisch: Something untrue that someone tells to make others believe it.

• Stop telling stories about your brother.
• I knew his excuse was just a story.
• She invented a story to explain the missing money.

Synonyme: lie, fabrication

Gegenteile: truth

Häufige Wendungen: tell a story, invent a story

Seifenoper

Fernsehserie, die in fortlaufenden Folgen das Leben und die Beziehungen ihrer Figuren erzählt.

In einfachem Englisch: A television drama with continuing episodes about the lives and relationships of its characters.

• Grandma watches her stories every afternoon.
• She missed her stories while the television was broken.
• Are your stories on this channel?

Synonyme: soap opera, soap

Häufige Wendungen: watch stories, daytime stories