family stories
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2.0
- noun
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historias familiares
- My grandmother told me fascinating family stories about her childhood during the war.
So my, my, my family's story is quite complicated.
- So my, my, my family's story is quite complicated.
- All the books are rooted in my family's story or stories, things I observed or stories people told.
- My belief is, and I'm pretty sure I might, the audience in LA would rather hear the family story.
- And I just hope and pray that my story my my family's story to inspire other families to come together.
- So I have like, old, old dramatic family stories, clearly that.
- The thing about the the eyewitness and and the brother-in-law, the change the change in the family stories, Jodie's family stories.
Examples
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During family gatherings, we always enjoy sharing family stories that have been passed down through the generations.
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Larry Danielson and others have raised thoughtful concerns about family stories that paint an exclusively optimistic picture.
Academic text (2017) -
It's an old family story.
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"Are there any family stories that should live on?" I ask.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Are there any family stories that should live on?" she asked.
Fiction book (2001) -
Sometimes you hear some family stories and are not sure of the context.
Blog text (26) -
"Family stories offer lessons that help teens shape their identities," she said.
Academic text (2014) -
In the end, however, I just want to tell family stories and leave the overarching themes to themselves.
Blog text (9) -
I have been silent many years, and my daughters have chosen to forget, but our family story lingers here.
Fiction book (1998) -
Julian Tells by Ann Cameron is a fun collection of family stories (but about brothers).
Blog text (29)
Synonyms
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1.0
An account of events told to entertain or inform
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3.9
A story that describes connected events
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3.5
A written or spoken record of past events
How Local
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'accounts or narratives about a particular family' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'family' (relatives) and 'story' (a narrative). This is a straightforward compositional noun-noun phrase following common patterns across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Family stories comes from the image of relatives sitting together while grandparents tell tales about past events, so the family remembers its people and life. That's why family stories means the stories or 'memories' about a family's past that people pass to younger relatives.