The biographer provides a telling anecdote about the President's actions at this time.
She is good at telling anecdotes.
We swapped anecdotes about old friends.
• Amusing icebreaker
• Amusing story
• Amusing tale
• Bit of oral history
• Brief story that might open a speech
• Component of a wedding toast, often
• Cosby specialty
• Frequent speech starter
• Funny tale
• Garrison Keillor specialty
• Light sketch
• Not published, literally
• Offering from a teller
• Often-amusing story
• Opening of many a speech
• Part of a best man's toast, maybe
• Part of a raconteur's repertoire
• Personal account
• Raconteur's delivery
• Raconteur's offering
• Raconteur's recital
• Reader's Digest item
• Short account
• Short illustration
• Short narrative
• Short reminiscence
• Short story
• Short tale
• Short, amusing story
• Short, amusing tale
• Small yarn?
• Speaker's opening, often
• Speech enlivener
• Speech opener often
• Speechmaker's icebreaker
• Stand-up bit
• Stand-up segment
• Story
• Tale in a nutshell
• Toast lead-in, at times
• Toe dance story
• Yarn
• Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
witty [amusing, interesting] anecdote - остроумный [забавный, интересный] рассказ
1. 1) (короткий) рассказ, история; эпизод
witty {amusing, interesting} ~ - остроумный {забавный, интересный} рассказ
2) анекдот
2. часто pl неопубликованные, неизвестные (обыкн. пикантные) биографические подробности
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1) анекдот; рассказик, забавная история; любопытный случай; занятная подробность
raconter une anecdote — рассказать случай из жизни
2) второстепенная деталь, малозначительная подробность