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story

1 noun PUBL , LIT talescéal masc1 c m uhe told me a story about his father d'inis sé scéal dom faoina athairwhat's the story about? cad faoi an scéal?ghost story scéal taibhsílove story scéal grá 2 noun also POLICE accountscéal masc1 c m uI've heard stories of patients waiting on trollies chuala mé scéalta faoi othair ag fanacht ar thralaitheshe met a woman with a similar story bhuail sí le bean a raibh an scéal céanna aicihe changed his story d'athraigh sé a scéal, d'athraigh sé a phorteverybody has a story to tell tá a scéal féin ag gach duine

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3 noun PRESS , TV-RAD , COMP news itemscéal masc1 c m uthe story broke this morning bhris an scéal ar maidinthat was the lead story on the news ba é sin an príomhscéal ar an nuacht 4 noun excuse, yarnleithscéal masc1 c m uscéal masc1 c m uI made up some story chum mé leithscéal éiginhe believed her story about the accident chreid sé an scéal a bhí aici faoin timpiste 5 noun rumourscéal masc1 c m uráfla masc4 c m uI've heard the stories tá na scéalta cloiste agam, tá na ráflaí cloiste agamto spread stories about sb scéalta a scaipeadh faoi dhuine, ráflaí a chur thart faoi dhuine 6 noun LIT , CINE , COMP , ETC plot of film, game, etcscéal masc1 c m u 7 noun historyscéal masc1 c m uthe story of the Irish scéal na nÉireannachher life story scéal a beatha 8 noun (US) CONSTR , ARCHIT floor of buildingstór masc1 c m uurlár masc1 c m uher office is on the third story tá a hoifig ar an tríú hurlár

phrases

to be a different story

the second half was a different story ba scéal eile é an dara leath, scéal eile ar fad a bhí sa dara leath

but that's another story

informal ach sin scéal eileshe didn't like the food, but that's another story níor thaitin an bia léi, ach sin scéal eile

to cut a long story short

(also

to make a long story short

, long story short

informal) le scéal fada a dhéanamh gairidle scéal gairid a dhéanamh dei mbeagán focal c m u

it's a long story

is scéal fada éscéal fada atá ann

it's the same old story

is é an seanscéal céanna i gcónaí éis é an seanphort céanna i gcónaí éseanscéal agus meirg air

your side of the story

do thaobhsa den scéaldo leagansa den scéalI'd like to hear her side of the story ba mhaith liom a fháil amach cad é atá le rá aicise faoi

so the story goes

de réir an tseanchaismás fíor c m u

it's the story of my life

sin é mo shaolsa agat

to tell a different story

the statistics tell a different story cuireann na staitisticí cruth eile ar an scéal, tugann na staitisticí a mhalairt le fios

to tell the whole story

an scéal iomlán a insintan scéal ar fad a insintthe figures don't tell the whole story níl iomlán an scéil sna figiúirí

that's my story and I'm sticking to it

informal sin é mo scéalsa agus má tá bréag ann bíodhsin é mo scéalsa agus tá mé ag seasamh leis

that's not the whole story

(also

it's not the whole story

) níl ann sin ach cuid den scéal

the story goes that ...

tá sé sa seanchas go ...deirtear go ...the story goes that Saint Brigid once lived there tá sé sa seanchas gur mhair Naomh Bríd ansin tráth

to swap stories

we swapped stories about our youthful adventures d'insíomar scéalta dá chéile faoi eachtraí ár n-óige, bhíomar ag eachtraí dá chéile faoinár n-óige

what's the story?

informal aon scéal?cén chaoi a bhfuil cúrsaí?cad é an chraic?

what's the story with ...?

informal what's the story with Peadar? cad é an scéal le Peadar?, cén scéal ag Peadar?, cad é an chraic le Peadar?

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