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(n)
The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
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An account of real or fictional events.
A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.
(informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
A trivial lie, a fib.
Alternative form of tarradiddle. [A trivial lie, a fib.]
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
(literature) The plot of a story.
That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
A historical romance.
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
The aggregate of past events.
(philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
A punctuation character (।) used in the Devanāgarī script to mark the end of a sentence.
An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
Alternative spelling of fairy tale. [A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.]
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
(informal) Something remarkably large.
(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
An Italian count.
(anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
(N)
an American early 1970s rock and pop music band based in New York City.
a Canadian discretionary service owned by Corus Entertainment.
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(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
An autobiography; a book describing the personal experiences of an author.
An installment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
(ambitransitive) To make a brief, basic drawing.
A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
an American comic book series created and written by Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
the second studio album by German folk metal band Equilibrium, released on 27 June 2008.
The disclosure of information.
An act in which something is recounted
(adj)
Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
An extended adventurous voyage, usually in search of home.
A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
A book containing stories, especially children's stories.
A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.
A surname.
Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
The act of dramatizing.
Alternative spelling of dénouement. [(authorship, often figuratively) The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.]
Revealing information; bearing significance.
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work.
Causing great sadness or suffering.
The basic plot of a story or group of stories.
A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
True facts, genuine depiction or statements of reality.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling tragicomedy; having both tragic and comic aspects.
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.
(colloquial) Amazing, epic, legendary.
(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
(now rare) Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
Suffering, torment.
The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
An account given in advance; prediction
An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
An account of first-hand experience.
An actual event, situation, or fact.
The time at which a story is told.
The act of returning.
News or information that has been reported; media coverage of a topic or event.