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Meanings of likely story in English

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Usage of likely story in English
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I still think it's a much more likely story for next year.
Reuters
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It clears my head after work. A likely story, he said to himself.
Toxic bachelors
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In recent years, researchers have discovered a more likely story.
Hiding the Elephant
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A likely story indeed, that I should burn my fingers to save your crusts.
English Fairy Tales
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I trust you have a likely story for the press?
The Deadly Daughters
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A likely story, youngster, which I don't intend to believe.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
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She threw back her head and laughed, but without mirth: A likely story, monsieur!
The Lone Wolf: A Melodrama
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Then the man of the sneer said: "That's a likely story!"
Ronicky Doone
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Cheesman would've been more use, but he's gone altogether -visiting his mother, a likely story.
The crimson petal and the white
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If we can think of a more likely story, as we go along, all the better.
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
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That is not a likely story, young man.
The Circus Boys on the Mississippi; Or, Afloat with the Big Show...
12
Does that sound quite a likely story, Wigan?
The Master Detective: Being Some Further Investigations of Chris...
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Oh, that's a likely story, my poor Françoise.
Swann's Way
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Had Ingrid wanted to manufacture a likely story to please me, she could not have done worse.
Ghosts
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That will be a likely story now, and we can always make a detour to avoid towns.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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You are telling a likely story, Jack North, and if you say another word I'll hit you.
Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South Ameri...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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