life story in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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story [Brit ˈstɔːri, Am ˈstɔri] N

8. story Am (floor):

story
étage m
first story
rez-de-chaussée m
second story
premier étage m
but that's another story
mais ça c'est une autre histoire
to cut a long story short
bref
that's not the whole story , that's only half the story
ce n'est qu'une partie de l'histoire, ce n'est pas tout
that's the story of my life!
c'est toujours la même chose, avec moi!
it's always the same story , it's the same old story
c'est toujours la même chose
every picture tells a story
ça se passe de commentaires
a likely story!
elle est bien bonne, celle-là! inf
the story goes/has it that …
on raconte/dit que …
or so the story goes
du moins c'est ce qu'on dit
what's the story inf?
qu'est-ce qui se passe?

See also two, storey

II.two [Brit tuː, Am tu] DET

III.two [Brit tuː, Am tu] PRON

storey Brit, story Am [Brit ˈstɔːri, Am ˈstɔri] N <pl storeys Brit stories Am>

life <pl lives> [Brit lʌɪf, Am laɪf] N

1. life (as opposed to death):

life
vie f
life and death
la vie et la mort
a matter of life and death
une question de vie ou de mort
to cling to life
s'accrocher à la vie
to have a love of life
aimer la vie
to bring sb back to life (gen)
rendre la vie à qn
to bring sb back to life MED
ranimer qn
to save sb's life
sauver la vie de qn
to put one's life at risk
risquer sa vie
to lay down or give one's life for sb
sacrifier sa vie pour qn
to lose/risk one's life doing
perdre/risquer sa vie à faire
to take one's own life
se donner la mort
to take sb's life form
donner la mort à qn
to run/swim for one's life
courir/nager aussi vite que possible
run for your life!
sauve qui peut!

2. life (period from birth to death):

life
vie f
short/long life
courte/longue vie
throughout one's life
pendant toute sa vie
his waking life
sa vie éveillée
in this life and the next
dans cette vie et dans l'autre
the first time in my life
la première fois de ma vie
a day/year in the life of
une journée/année de la vie de
romance/race of one's life
amour/course de sa vie
I got the fright of my life!
j'ai eu la frayeur de ma vie!
a job for life
un emploi à vie
a friend for life
un ami pour la vie
in later life
plus tard dans sa vie
to mark sb for life
marquer qn pour la vie
to go through or spend one's life doing
passer sa vie à faire
to make life worth living
donner un sens à la vie
to be all for an easy life
aimer la vie facile
early in life
très tôt
in adult life
à l'âge adulte
in the prime of life
dans la fleur de l'âge
at my time of life
à mon âge
have you lived here all your life?
est-ce que tu as toujours habité ici?
for the rest of one's life
pour le restant de ses jours
in her early life
quand elle était jeune
to depart this life liter
quitter ce monde
the life and times of X
la vie et l'époque de X
to write a life of sb
écrire une biographie de qn
to write a life of sb attr member, president, peer, peerage, membership
à vie
to write a life of sb ban
définitif/-ive
to write a life of sb annuity
viager/-ère

3. life (animation, vigour):

life
vie f
life
vitalité f
full of life
plein de vie or vitalité
there was no life in her voice
il n'y avait aucune vitalité dans sa voix
there's not much life in the town in winter
cette ville n'est pas très vivante l'hiver
to come to life person:
reprendre conscience
to come to life fig
sortir de sa réserve
to come to life fictional character:
prendre vie
to come to life party:
s'animer
to bring a subject to life
traiter un sujet de manière très vivante
to bring history/a character to life
donner de la vie à l'histoire/un personnage
to roar/splutter into life
se mettre en marche en vrombissant/en toussant
put a bit of life into it inf
mettez-y un peu de tonus inf
this drink will put new life into you
cette boisson te redonnera des forces

4. life (social activity, lifestyle):

life
vie f
to lead a busy/sheltered life
mener une vie occupée/protégée
to change one's life
transformer sa vie
private/family or home life
vie privée/de famille
working/social life
vie professionnelle/personnelle
his way of life
son mode de vie
a way of life
un style de vie
a life of luxury/crime
une vie de luxe/de criminel
to live the good or high life
mener la grande vie
the outdoor life
la vie au grand air
it's no life for a child
ce n'est pas une vie pour un enfant
to have a life of one's own
avoir sa propre vie
to make a new life for oneself
se forger une nouvelle vie
to get on with one's life
continuer sa vie
what a life!
quelle vie!
in public life
dans les affaires publiques

11. life ART:

from life draw, paint
d'après nature
anything for a quiet life
tout ce que tu voudras mais laisse-moi tranquille
for dear life
de toutes mes/ses etc forces
not for the life of me
absolument pas
he couldn't for the life of him see why
il n'arrivait absolument pas à comprendre pourquoi
get a life inf!
lâche-moi les baskets! inf
not on your life!
jamais de la vie!
this is the life!
c'est la belle vie!, voilà la vie qu'il me/nous etc faut!
to frighten the life out of sb
faire mourir qn de peur
to have the time of one's life
s'amuser comme un fou/une folle
you get out of life what you put into it
comme on fait son lit on se couche prov
to take one's life in one's hands
risquer sa vie

life story in the PONS Dictionary

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4. story → storey

See also storey

storey [ˈstɔ:ri] N Brit, Aus

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Or will bashfulness suddenly seize their pens when ideology is confronted with a real-life story?
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The game's cutscenes flesh out the backstory by telling the life story of the master scientist responsible for the disaster.
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She is portrayed as deceitful, someone who regularly revised her life story, and who was interested only in making money.
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Some consider his poems to be a great representation of his life story.
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Furthermore, research shows that families feel reassured about staff care after life story work has been completed.
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The life story of a cinema projector repairer.
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She scolds him for being a swindler and a gambler; in his response, he explains his life story.
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Shandy is a narrator so easily distracted in relating his life story that by the end of the book he has not yet come to his own birth.
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