Her story was a complete fabrication from start to finish.

她的叙述从头至尾都是编造出来的。

《牛津词典》

The story was a lie from start to finish.

这样的讲述自始至终都是骗人的。

《牛津词典》

Having thought for a few minutes about where to start, I told her all the story of my sad childhood.

我想了几分钟从哪里开始，然后把我悲惨童年的一切都告诉了她。

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It is the story of Joseph Sutpen, who wants to start a famous Southern family after America's Civil War.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

They're in a -the first thing to understand is that -I start out by telling you the story of the goldsmith banker.

它们...,首先要弄明白的是,在一开始我讲了金匠银行家的故事

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I want to start with a story, a specific story, that in many ways I can say it is the first story, psychological story that I heard of.

我想从一个特别的故事开始，在很多方面，它是我听到过的，第一个有关心理学的故事。

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Far better to start with a story and then to ask yourself the most important and least asked (in my opinion) question in decision making: what could change my mind?

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But he refused to give an estimate of the numbers of people who might move to Britain after getting the right to live and work in the UK in December, saying he did not want to start a "scare story" and that more work had to be done on drawing up a robust figure.

BBC: Airport arrivals sign

He said he did not want to start a "scare story" on the issue.

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