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5 [C] (often stores) a place where goods of a particular kind are kept ft; Jft ; H fjf: a grain store o weapons stores        r»!71 in store (for sb) waiting to

happen to sb      AM± ) \    ^

A ) : We don’t know what life holds in store for us.

o        if she had

known what lay in store for her, she would never have agreed to go.

0 They think it’ll be easy but they have a surprise in store. {Mlfel#l#

M0 set/put (great, etc.) store by sth to consider sth to be important ( ft ft )        JtAi (         ) : She

sets great store by her appearance. M ft ft # it fl S M ft 3ft 0 o It is unwise to put too much store by these statistics. ;&ftM{Ii&®^i+ A—more at hit v., mind v.

■ verb [VN] 1 - sth (away/up) to put sth somewhere and keep it there to use later !i£#:          : {£#: animals

storing up food for the winter     0 He

hoped the electronic equipment was safely stored away.

2 to keep informa­tion or facts in a computer or in your brain (

It ) #fi£; id'iZ: Thousands of pieces of data are stored in a computer’s memory.   $ft-±

Ti£fc$k$ic rj:i;*Ti .store sth~'up to not express strong feelings or deal with problems when you have them, especially when this causes problems later ( ffi (M M 61)

) WftfR,     She had stored up all her

anger and eventually snapped. M # M ;i£ IR ft —iiS,     O By ignoring your feelings you are

only storing up trouble for yourself. % Ir] ilf fl B M

'store-bought adj. (NAmE) = shop-bought : store- bought cookies f±

'store-brand adj. (US) ~ own-brand 'store card noun a card that a particular shop/store provides for regular customers so that they can use it to buy goods that they will pay for later (

M )    — compare CREDit card

'store detective noun a person employed by a large shop/store to watch customers and make sure they do not steal goods      M

Store-front /'stoifrAnt; NAmE 'stoirf-/ noun (NAmE)

1                  = shopfront 2 a room at the front of a shop/store lift ffiffl; f$ ffl M: They run their business from a

small storefront. Mlft |b]ft AMJf MH AMAM„ 0 a

storefront office iftftM ©Aft MAftiiC 3 a place on the Internet where you can buy goods and services $J ± |£ M; ft SUil ffi: Welcome to our online storefront. ZftiSl

store-house /'stoihaus; NAmE 'stoirh-/ noun 1 a building where things are stored ft; J^,; ft? cm warehouse 2 ~ of information, knowledge, etc. a place or thing that has or contains a lot of information

store-keep-er /'sto:ki:pa(r); NAmE 'stoirk-/ noun (espe­cially NAmE) =* SHOPKEEPER

store-man /'stoiman; NAmE 'stair-/ noun (pi. store-men /-men/) (BrE) a person who is responsible for taking care of goods that are stored ft-j$ M; ft; ft# A M store-room /'stoiruim; -rum/ noun a room used for storing things Ait A

'store window noun (NAmE) = shop window storey (especially BrE) (NAmE usually story) /'stoiri/ noun (pi stor-eys, NAmE stories) 1 a level of a building; a floor HUH 5 the upper/lower storey of the house J:jgj / Fffi "M 0 a single-storey/two-storey building A — see also multi-storey car park

2                  -storeyed (BrE) (NAmE -storied) (in adjectives WMUfr W isft (of a building f%) having the number of levels mentioned ft • ••MM: a four-storeyed building P9

stor ied /'stairid/ adj. (NAmE) 1 [only before noun] men­tioned in stories; famous; well known ft    ft

A; M; iXffiWi M: the rock star’s storied career Wi&M if ffcINf Aft* fcBn®;& M 2 -storied = -storeyed at storey(2)

ICH WORD? storey ♦ floor

3                  You use storey (BrE) / story (NAmE) mainly when you are talking about the number of levels a building

has. * storey (        ) / story (

mittmAmmm @: a five-storey house

o The office building is five storeys high.

4                  Floor is used mainly to talk about which particular

level in the building someone lives on, goes to, etc. * floor : His office is on

the fifth floor. im'JyAM&HM,

o note at floor

Stork /stork; NAmE stoirk/ noun a large black and white bird with a long beak and neck and long legs, that lives near water but often builds its nest on the top of a high building. There is a tradition that says that it is storks that bring people their new babies. H Storm On* /stoim; NAmE stoirm/ noun, verb m noun 1 very bad weather with strong winds and rain, and often thunder and lightning IMS: fierce/ heavy/violent storms ft /xl# M oA few minutes later the storm broke (= began), ft—HlftM ]$£ life J 0 0

1                           think we’re in for a storm (= going to have one). fllilillfta-iiMIT. 0 storm damage HJxl M ia 1& M Si # o note at weather 2 (in compounds

M. if il) very bad weather of the type mentioned ffl MH ft A M A;A ft: a thunderstorm/snowstorm/ sandstorm ff||;   — see also electrical

storm, rainstorm 3 ~ (of sth) a situation in which a lot of people suddenly express very strong feelings about sth (    ) 'MM: a storm of protest iriiA

M iH ?#i O A political storm is brewing over the Prime Minister’s comments, ftMifcBP^IsSIA — ^'ft MS o 4 ~ of sth a sudden loud noise that is caused by emotion or excitement ft M ) S

. M M US Mft ft, m roar : a storm of applause til Iff- ft — see also brainstorm Him a storm in a teacup (BrE) (NAmE a tempest in a 'teapot) a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important A1^A ft^Aft,       1 ft^'il^MAM^ ) take

sth/sb by 'storm 1 to be extremely successful very quickly in a particular place or among particular people ft5££hA$fi£*ij; {$M. fkfi: The play took London by storm. & fp JgiJ fg M M H f & Wt 0 2 to attack a place suddenly and capture it         AK/t — more at calm

/?., port n.

m verb 1 to suddenly attack a place ^ H ; ft : [VN] Police stormed the building and captured the gunman.

om soldiers

stormed into the city at dawn,

2                           [V +adv./prep.] to go somewhere quickly and in an

angry, noisy way MBf A; 'H\  : She stormed

into my office waving a newspaper, ft W If — Ac ft M HH1 ftk Pi ® ^ M 0 & A o 0 He burst into tears and stormed off.        H H H ifi M 7 0

3                           [V speech] to say sth in a loud angry way BJ1; A ^ #f!: ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ she stormed.' “ {ft ft

'storm cloud noun [usually pi.] a dark cloud that you see when bad weather is coming H jxftft : (figurative) The storm clouds of revolution were gathering. ^ Aft ft, ill

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'storm door noun an extra door that is fitted to the outside door of a house, etc. to give protection from bad weather (

storm ing /'stoimirj; NAmE 'stoirm-/ adj. [only before noun] (BrE) (of a performance A^l) very impressive; done with a lot of energy ft £ M ; ft fj ft ft M ; A ft M M : Arsenal scored three late goals in a storming finish, pnf ^

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'storm-tossed adj. [only before noun] (literary) affected or damaged by storms            if # M ft Si ft M

'storm trooper noun a soldier who is specially trained for violent attacks, especially one in Nazi Germany in