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a film, TV programme etc that has been made from a book or play

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a story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral, religious, or political idea

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a story that you tell people about something interesting or funny that has happened to you

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a play, film, or story that deals in a humorous way with unpleasant aspects of life such as illness and death

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a story or series of events in which something bad happens that you can use as a warning for the future

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a song, book, play, television programme etc that is very good and has been popular and had a lot of influence for a long time

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a story that is silly and difficult to believe

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a funny film, play or television programme

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a play, film, television programme etc that shows the behaviour of people belonging to a particular social class in a humorous way

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a detective story or film is one in which a detective tries to solve a crime

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a play for the theatre, television, or radio

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a long book or film about famous and exciting people and events from the past

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a traditional story, usually about animals, that teaches a moral lesson

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a story, film, or television programme that is a mixture of real and imaginary events or people

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a traditional children’s story in which magic things happen

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stories for a television series written by people who watch the series regularly. The stories are published on the Internet.

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a story that shows a lot of imagination and is very different from real life

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a play or film in which people get involved in silly or unlikely situations that are intended to make you laugh

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the style of writing and acting used for farces

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books and stories about imaginary events and people. Books that give facts about real events, things, or people are called non-fiction

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a report, story, or explanation that is not true

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an old traditional story

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a book, film, or article that is based on or develops an earlier one

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plays, usually performed in small theatres, that are not traditional in their style or subject matter

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a full-length book, film etc is the normal length, not shorter

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a frightening story about ghosts

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a film, play, or show that is very successful and popular

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books and films that are intended to frighten people

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a story that is intended to frighten people

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an old story about famous people and events in the past. Legends are not usually true

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these old stories considered as a group

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a description of the things that have happened in someone’s life

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a description of all the things that have happened to someone during their life

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a type of play with poetry, music, dance, and songs that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries

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a story, play, or film in which the characters behave in an extreme emotional way, with the bad characters being very bad, the good characters being very good etc

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a play performed using mime

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a play or film in which there are a lot of songs

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a story, film, or play in which events take place that are not explained until the end, especially a crime such as murder

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a play from the Middle Ages about a story in the Bible

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an ancient traditional story about gods, heroes, and magic

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ancient traditional stories

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a collection of ancient myths, especially those of a particular country or religion

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a story, or an account of something that has happened

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a play telling the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, usually performed by children at Christmas

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writing that is about real people and events, not imaginary ones

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a long written story about imaginary or partly imaginary characters and events

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stories about life and events in the past that older people tell younger people

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a pantomime for children

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in the UK, a play for children that makes them laugh, based on a traditional story and usually performed at Christmas

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mime

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a simple story with a moral or religious purpose, especially one told by Jesus Christ

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a literary or musical work that copies a serious work in a humorous way

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a play about the death of Jesus Christ according to the Bible, often performed at Easter

an old spelling of ‘fantasy’

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a piece of writing intended to be performed by actors in a theatre or on television or the radio

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a book or film about events that happened before the events in another book or film that was written or made earlier

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a play or film about people’s feelings

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stories or thoughts of past experiences

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a film, play, or book that is lively and enjoyable, and not intended to be serious

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a story about what happens to a group of characters over a long period of time

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a long story written in Norway or Iceland during the Middle Ages

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a play, book, film etc that uses this humour

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a story someone writes for a film

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a book, film, play etc that continues the story of an earlier one

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a story that is broadcast or published in a series of separate parts

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a book, film, or play about something shocking

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a short piece of fiction (=writing about an imaginary situation)

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an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary, traditional, or true

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an account of something, for example someone’s life

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the events in a book, film etc

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a story in a novel or film that is separate from the main story and is not as important as the main story

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a form of silent theatre in which a group of actors stand or sit in certain positions to create a picture of a historical scene

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a story about imaginary events or people

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something that someone tells you that sounds so exciting, dangerous, unpleasant etc that you do not believe it is true. The American word is tall tale.

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a sad film or story that makes you cry

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a book, play, or film that tells an exciting story, especially about something dangerous like a crime

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a play in which people suffer or die, especially one in which the main character dies at the end

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plays of this type

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a play, story, or situation that is both sad and humorous

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a series of three books, films, or plays

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a film or play that is very unsuccessful

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a play written for two actors

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an imaginary story about modern life that many people believe really happened

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a film, play, novel etc that has emotional scenes that make people cry

another spelling of weepie

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a long story with a lot of exciting details

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a typical romantic situation or story about two people falling in love

a story or joke that has been repeated so often that everyone is bored with it