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9 PHRASE You use a different story to refer to a situation, usually a bad one, which exists in one set of circumstances when you have mentioned that it does not exist in another set of circumstances. □  Where Marcella lives, rents are cheap, but further north it's a different story.

10 PHRASE If you say it's the same old story or it's the old story , you mean that something unpleasant or undesirable seems to happen again and again. □  It's the same old story. They want one person to do three people's jobs.

11 PHRASE If you say that something is only part of the story or is not the whole story , you mean that the explanation or information given is not enough for a situation to be fully understood. □  This may be true but it is only part of the story. □  Jane goes to great lengths to explain that this is not the whole story.

12 PHRASE If someone tells you their side of the story , they tell you why they behaved in a particular way and why they think they were right, when other people think that person behaved wrongly. □  He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story.

story|board /stɔː ribɔː ^r d/ (storyboards ) N‑COUNT A storyboard is a set of pictures which show what will happen in something such as a film or advertisement that is being planned.

story|book /stɔː ribʊk/ (storybooks ) N‑COUNT A storybook is a book of stories for children.

story|line /stɔː rila I n/ (storylines ) N‑COUNT The storyline of a book, film, or play is its story and the way in which it develops. □  The surprise twists in the storyline are the film's greatest strength.

story|teller /stɔː ritelə ^r / (storytellers ) also story-teller N‑COUNT A storyteller is someone who tells or writes stories. □  He was the one who first set down the stories of the Celtic storytellers.

story|telling /stɔː ritel I ŋ/ also story-telling N‑UNCOUNT Storytelling is the activity of telling or writing stories. □  The programme is 90 minutes of dynamic Indian folk dance, live music and storytelling.

stout /staʊ t/ (stouter , stoutest )

1 ADJ A stout person is rather fat. □  He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.

2 ADJ Stout shoes, branches, or other objects are thick and strong. □  I hope you've both got stout shoes. □  …a stout oak door.

3 ADJ If you use stout to describe someone's actions, attitudes, or beliefs, you approve of them because they are strong and determined. [APPROVAL ] □  He produced a stout defence of the car business. ●  stout|ly ADV [ADV with v, ADV adj] □  She stoutly defended her boss during the trial. □  …stoutly anti-imperialist nations.

stove /stoʊ v/ (stoves ) N‑COUNT A stove is a piece of equipment which provides heat, either for cooking or for heating a room. □  She put the kettle on the gas stove.

stow /stoʊ / (stows , stowing , stowed ) VERB If you stow something somewhere, you carefully put it there until it is needed. □ [V n prep/adv] I helped her stow her bags in the boot of the car. [Also V n]

▸  stow away PHRASAL VERB If someone stows away , they hide in a ship, aeroplane, or other vehicle in order to make a journey secretly or without paying. □ [V P ] He stowed away on a ferry and landed in North Shields.

stow|age /stoʊ I dʒ/ N‑UNCOUNT Stowage is the space that is available for stowing things on a ship or aeroplane. □  Stowage is provided in lined lockers beneath the berths.

stow|away /stoʊ əwe I / (stowaways ) N‑COUNT A stowaway is a person who hides in a ship, aeroplane, or other vehicle in order to make a journey secretly or without paying. □  The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.