Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A fictional narrative that explains the cause or reason for something the way that it is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
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Synonyms: pourquoi tale
Antonyms: none provided
History
From French pourquoi (“why”) + story.
