英和和英

The story must be taken with a grain of salt

the act of only half-believing a statement or story

I asked the question half in joke.

I will tell you what I heard―tell the story as I heard it.

to cry halves

say something in a humorous vein

I took up the thread of the story.

I am curious to hear the story.

taken in by high-sounding talk

I tried to listen to their conversation.

tell false information to for fun

The story turned my blood cold.

This is a matter which was previously discussed.

I hear that story often.

to be clumsy in speech

He always begins talking about something, and never finishes it.

I have the news at second hand.

I heard that story many times.

I get engrossed in talking.

I should like to hear the story

It's been a long time since we last spoke, hasn't it?

I told [repeated] the story just as I had heard it.

I wanted to talk more

Let's talk soon.

I have heard that story before.

the act of speaking broken language

We talked far into the night.

I said more than I meant to―I was carried away―in the heat of the talk.

I want to hear that story soon.

I have the news from a reliable quarter―from a trustworthy source―on good authority.