real story
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- noun
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verdadera historia
- After hearing so many rumors, I finally got to hear the real story behind the events.
So considering that's the real story, why would you bring up that story?
- So considering that's the real story, why would you bring up that story?
- And it's all based on a real story, which I didn't know.
- Do you think people want to read the real story?
- I guess, look, the real story is Kamala Harris and how she answered the question.
- So send Christmas cards, but make sure you also tell the real story, which is a dangerous story.
- And they want to talk to people who, who, who actually have a real story to tell.
- But the real story is that God is incredibly active behind the scenes.
- Then the next morning he is going to talk to Alder and and start to get the real story from him about what is going on.
Examples
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You know I know the real story, right?
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In fact, the real story is a little bit different.
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I meant the real story, not the official one.
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My point being that you missed the real story.
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This is a real story.
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You go find the rest of the soldiers, and you get the real story.
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This is the real story of the past two centuries.
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But the real story is that God is incredibly active behind the scenes.
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The real story of what happened is more interesting, and its lessons more useful, than the myth.
Academic text (2013) -
And thus began the real story of Dan Jansen.
Synonyms
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An account of events that really happened
Antonyms
How True
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the true or authentic account' is directly compositional from 'real' (genuine) + 'story' (narrative); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this adjective+noun meaning. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent pattern (e.g. 'historia real', 'histoire vraie'), so the expression is immediately comprehensible without special idiomatic knowledge.
Etymology
Real story uses the words real and story to paint a simple picture: imagine a teller pulling back a curtain to show what actually happened, not the rumors. That's why real story means 'the true account' of events.