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English word |
English Definition |
English Example sentence |
| 1 |
to lie one’s way out of ~ |
to tell lies in order to escape a punishment or a bad
situation |
He lied his way out of jail, telling the guards he was a famous
politician. |
| 2 |
to lie about ~ |
to not tell the truth about something |
She lied about her weight when her boyfriend asked. |
| 3 |
to spread lies |
to make up lies and tell other people the lies |
He always spreads lies about his friends; don't believe
him. |
| 4 |
to lie through one’s teeth |
to lie very boldly and calmly |
When my mother asked me who had broken the lamp, I lied through
my teeth and said my brother had. |
| 5 |
to lie directly to one’s face |
to lie to a person face-to-face with no apparent feelings of
immorality |
He lied directly to my face! What an immoral person! |
| 6 |
to lie under oath |
to say something that is not true after swearing to tell the
truth |
He lied under oath, so he had to go to jail. |
| 7 |
to tell a white lie |
to say something that is not true, but also not very
important |
I told a white lie about my diet; I said I ate one cookie, but
actually I ate two. |
| 8 |
to deceive ~ |
to make someone think one thing when the reality is another
thing |
It is easy to deceive people if you seem professional and
believable. |
| 9 |
to fib |
a casual way to describe not telling the truth |
The little boy fibbed and got punished for it. |
| 10 |
to exaggerate |
to make a situation seem more extreme than it actually is |
I exaggerated the size of the fish I caught. |
| 11 |
to con ~ |
to fool someone, usually in pursuit of money |
He conned the old woman out of millions of dollars. |
| 12 |
to fudge ~ |
to tell small lies in order to attain a good or acceptable
result |
The financial report didn't look very good, so they fudged the
numbers a little. |
| 13 |
to falsify ~ |
to change documents so that they don't reflect the truth |
He falsified the document before submitting it to the
police. |
| 14 |
to embellish the truth |
to add false elements to a true story in order to make it
better |
I embellished the truth a little bit; I said I saw a bear, but
really it was only a cub. |
| 15 |
to string ~ along |
to tell someone lies in a continuous fashion in hopes of
getting something good from them |
He strung her along in the relationship because he loved
driving her car and borrowing money from her. |
| 16 |
to tell the truth |
to say something that is true |
I try to tell the truth all the time. |
| 17 |
a compulsive liar |
a person who tells lies for no reason, simply for fun |
He's a compulsive liar! He always tells me a different story,
every time I ask him about something. |
| 18 |
a lie detector |
a machine which can distinguish whether a person is lying or
not |
They hooked him up to a lie detector in the courtroom. |
| 19 |
a half truth |
a statement that is composed of half truth and half lie |
Are lies as bad as half-truths? Some people would say no. |
| 20 |
perjury |
the name of the crime for telling a lie after swearing to tell
the truth |
Guilty of perjury, Bill Clinton was in danger of being
impeached. |
| 21 |
to dupe ~ |
to fool someone |
He duped me with his fancy clothes; I had no idea he was
homeless. |