Usage examples of "story" in English with translation to German

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In a minute, I'm going to tell you my life story. Ich werde dir gleich meine Lebensgeschichte erzählen.
To make a long story short, he married his first love. Kurz gesagt, er hat seine erste Liebe geheiratet.
He told me his life's story. Er erzählte mir seine Lebensgeschichte.
He told me the story of his life. Er erzählte mir seine Lebensgeschichte.
Go ahead with your story. Erzähl weiter.
His story is highly colored. Was er erzählt, ist sehr stark aufgetragen.
Long story short, I was fired. Kurz und gut: Ich wurde gefeuert.
Tom is writing a short story. Tom schreibt eine Kurzgeschichte.
He tried writing a short story. Er versuchte, eine Kurzgeschichte zu schreiben.
The story goes that he was murdered. Man erzählt sich, dass er ermordet wurde.
Oh please, spare me the sob story. Oh, bitte, verschone mich mit diesem Rührstück.
I have been busy writing a short story. Ich war damit beschäftigt, eine Kurzgeschichte zu schreiben.
He told us a very exciting adventure story. Er erzählt uns eine sehr spannende Abenteuergeschichte.
To make a long story short, he was fired. Offen gesagt, er ist gefeuert worden.
The story was so complicated that I couldn't follow it. Die Handlung war so kompliziert, dass ich ihr nicht folgen konnte.
This science fiction story seems interesting. Will you lend it to me when you have finished reading it? Diese SF-Story scheint interessant zu sein. Borgst du sie mir, wenn du sie gelesen hast?
The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days. Der Vermieter erzählte mir ein Ammenmärchen darüber, warum wir für drei Tage keine Heizung hatten.
One of the clichés of each detective story is that the victim has obviously been hit "with a blunt object". Es gehört zu den Klischees jedes Krimis, dass das Opfer natürlich "mit einem stumpfen Gegenstand" erschlagen wurde.
Kamui no Ken was a sort of samurai/ninja story set during the transition of the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the re-establishment of Japan under the Emperor Meiji in 1868. "Kamui no Ken" war eine Art Samurai- oder Ninjageschichte, die während der Übergangszeit zwischen dem Niedergang des Tokugawa-Schogunats und der Restauration Japans unter Kaiser Meiji im Jahre 1868 spielt.
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