the 1930s and 1940s (       ) l+ftRMI; &

rtf PAM

'storm window noun an extra window that is fitted to a window of a house to give protection from bad

weather    KrR® (      >

stormy /'stormi; NAmE 'stoirmi/ adj. (storm ier, stormi­est) 1 with strong winds and heavy rain or snow fa H M.M ( i&HJxlIt ) (tfj: a dark and stormy night HBfftj 9 stormy weather EMHffiMlAn.0 stormy seas (= with big waves) M$r$)?§MrA7$ 2 full of strong feelings and angry arguments f$ 'If ffl. 'It 6<j; $c M #■

^ : a stormy debate I? tfc A &J 1$ ik 0 cl stormy rela­tionship

Story 0""r /• stoiri/ noun {pi. -ies)

1 ~ (about/of sth/sb) a description of events and people that the writer or speaker has invented in order to entertain people ( 0 f£j (ft )   ; /Jn -. adventure/

detectiveAove, etc. stories       9 a

story about time travel — bP A 7 W ^ Ini ife ff Ift'JN i# 0 Shall I tell you a story?    ? 9 He read

the children a story. f] 7.— M'J ♦ 0 0 a

bedtime story  ^ —see also fairy

TALE, GHOST STORY, SHORT STORY 2 ~ (about/of Sth/sb) an account, often spoken, of what happened to sb or of how sth happened ( Ks£'lf iftlft ) |5U£, l®x£: It was many years before the full story was made public. %-ZfEi, *1flft£$;7£;tT&, o The police didn’t believe her story. H AT 7 tS ft M At ♦ 'If ift IS )£ 0 o We must stick to our story about the accident.

P P£/E,      P o « I can’t decide until I’ve

heard both sides of the story. )MAft i&'AfP/r TWIsi 0 It’s a story of courage.    7 M

H o O Many years later I returned to Africa but that’s another story (= I am not going to talk about it now).

7M&&J5T&7A —seealso COCK AND BULL STORY, HARD-LUCK STORY, LIFE STORY, SHAGGY-DOG STORY, SOB STORY, SUCCESS STORY, TALL story o note at report 3 an account of past events or of how sth has developed    He told us the

story of his life, fcMmiimT  , 9 the

story of the Beatles ®M±77Aft    0 the story of

the building of the bridge   A 4 a report in

a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast ifrfrlJUil: a front-page story A J{§ Id if 0 Now for a summary of tonight’s main news stories.

— see also cover story, lead story 5 (also story-line) the series of events in a book, film/movie, play, etc. ( 453®, m%. $®l^lft ) IfA HE! PLOT: Her novels always have the same basic story. MftAi&ISA'htTi fR ' # o 6 (informal) something that sb says which is not true il If; fil : She knew the child had been telling stories again. M &HI ii ^ 7 X & i! 7  7 (NAmE)

= storey H323 the story goes (that) ... | so the story goes used to describe sth that people are saying although it may not be correct        ; ig#: She

never saw him again—or so the story goes.

JE Mfife      # H i&M lit o that’s the .story of my

life (informal) when you say that’s the story of my life about an unfortunate experience you have had, you mean you have had many similar experiences fEffcJkiS

) —more at

LIKELY adj., LONG adj., OLD, PITCH V., TELL

story-hoard /'sto:ribo:d; NAmE -bo:rd/ noun a series of drawings or pictures that show the outline of the story of a film/movie, etc. (        ) H'Jlf

story-book /'stoiribuk/ noun a book of stories for children J L 3i Mt # 7; 31 7: a picture in a storybook

Mt ♦ 7 7 ift IS 0 9 storybook characters St it 4* ift A #1 9 storybook adventures (= like the ones in stories for children) .ftli7.S»#^lftMI&

'story editor noun a person who makes changes to a script for a film/movie, or helps the writer to make changes (     ) M*mm

story-line /'stoirilam/ noun the basic story in a novel, play, film/movie, etc. ( /Jn£, $$7      ) iW'tf

7, HE! plot

story-tell-er /'sto:ritel0(r)/ noun a person who tells or writes stories        A;     ) Yffa ►story-

tell-ing noun [U]

stoup /stu:p/ noun (technical A ill) a stone container for holy water in a church ( it^ift ) SbJtffc

stout /staut/ adj., noun

m adj. (stout er, stout-est) 1 (of a person A) rather fat HE #|ft; HEttlft HTCl plump 2 [usually before noun] strong and thick IS. Hi ft ; J¥ A Mi ft : cl stout pair of shoes — ^J^^fj^ftli 3 [usually before noun] (formal) brave and determined HS ft; MS (ft; 7)37^ft: He put up a stout defence in court, ftfe fa. & M ± itt 7r 7 M HS ft 1^ o ► stout-ly adv.: He was tall and stoutly built, ftfe I# E A H ft W o o T disagree,’ said Polly stoutly. “|!c7MIEo ”    Mstout-ness

noun [U]

■ noun [U, C] strong dark beer made with malt or barley

.stout-'hearted adj. (old-fashioned, literary) brave and determined

Stove 0"» /stauv; NAmE stouv/ noun 1 a piece of equipment that can bum various fuels and is used for heating rooms (    ) M’T*, A #7

a gas/wood-burning stove fft H / A ^ M) A jf3 2 (espe­cially NAmE) = cooker : She put a pan of water on the stove. h&fa.‘)±±MT —9 (NAmE, BrE) Most people don’t want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove (= cooking). Af]Af$7JIE£fflt:l±6^o —see also

STAVE, STOVE, STOVE V.

Stoved /stouvd; NAmE stouvd/ adj. [only before noun] (ScotE) cooked slowly in liquid ; XZ MM HE!

STEWED

stovies /'stouviz; NAmE 'stou-/ noun [pi.] a Scottish dish consisting of potatoes cooked with onions (        ^ )

stow /stou; NAmE stou/ verb [VN] ~ sth (away) (in sth) to put sth in a safe place 3c # /ikfi;    • • • i&£jp: She found

a seat, stowed her backpack and sat down. fv.   i7TA0 HEM Stow a way to

hide in a ship, plane, etc. in order to travel secretly A ( Mi. ) — related noun stowaway

stow age /'st0uid3; NAmE 'stou-/ noun [U] space provided for stowing things away, in a boat or a plane (

#l± )

stow-away /’stouawei; NAmE 'stou-/ noun a person who hides in a ship or plane before it leaves, in order to travel without paying or being seen f^r ^ Ml ( iK A

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St Pat-rick’s Day /.snt 'paetriks dei; NAmE .seint/ noun 17 March, a Christian festival of the national saint of Ireland, when many Irish people wear a shamrock

(%n n b,

1? b ^       AmmZnt#)

stra bismus /stro'bizmas/ noun [U] (medical IS) the condition of having a squint (= when one eye looks in a different direction from the other)

strad-dle /‘straedl/ verb [VN] 1 to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of sb/sth

He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily.

.2 to cross, or exist on

both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land

It Ef ( M M,. II Me — ft ± fife ) : The mountains

straddle the French-Swiss border.

3 to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people ^, M]J1 ( 7 mnm. %%) ■. a writer who straddles two cultures

strafe /straif; NAmE streif/ verb [VN] to attack a place with bullets or bombs from an aircraft flying low jftT? )

strag-gle /’straegl/ verb [V, usually +adv./prep.] 1 to grow, spread or move in an untidy way in different directions |g£;       tfc'M: The town straggled

to an end and the fields began.

#S®, fflifUijfttBAo 2 to move slowly behind a group of people that you are with so that you become