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Module 2. UNIT 4.
(informal) to say sth that is not true at all.
The witness was clearly lying through his
teeth.
lie through
your teeth
LIE
(to sb)
(about sth)
give the lie
to sth
a white lie
lie your way
into/out of sth
live a lie
3.
to prove
that sth
that
many
people
think is
true is
not true
The
success of
small
shelters
for the
homeless
gives the
lie to
predic
tions that
they
would not
be useful.
to get yourself
into or out of a
situation by
lying
She lied your
way into his
private lif.
to live in away
that makes you
fell dishonest
and unhappy
with yourself
because you are
behaving as if
you belive or
feel things that
you do not
You don’t know
what it’s been
like to live a lie
every day.
a harm
less or
small lie,
especial
ly one
that you
tell to
avoid
hurting
sb
“I’m
sorry I
couldn’t
come. I
had a
head
ache,”
she
ex
plained,
resorting
to a
white lie.
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