"lie" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

lie sustantivo

lie + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
Lie group • Lie algebra • lie detector • lie detector test • lie detection • ...
lie + verbo
Kolokacji: 7
lie comes • lie says • lie tells • lie makes • lie goes • ...
verbo + lie
Kolokacji: 12
tell lies • believe one's lies • give the lie • spread lies • hear lies • ...
adjetivo + lie
Kolokacji: 84
big lie • white lie • outright lie • future lie • little lie • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 22
(2) white, single
Kolokacji: 2
(3) outright, flat
Kolokacji: 2
(4) future, old, flat-out
Kolokacji: 3
(5) True, direct, plain
Kolokacji: 3
(9) secret, magic
Kolokacji: 2
(10) bald-faced, barefaced
Kolokacji: 2
(12) elaborate, fantastic
Kolokacji: 2
(14) plausible, convincing
Kolokacji: 2
(15) grave, dangerous, harmless
Kolokacji: 3
(16) damnable, damn, Damned
Kolokacji: 3
(17) key, necessary
Kolokacji: 2
(19) polite, noble
Kolokacji: 2
1. polite lie = grzeczne kłamstwo polite lie
2. noble lie = szlacheckie kłamstwo noble lie
  • This tale has always reminded me of what Plato called "the noble lie."
  • Oh, It's but a noble lie.
  • The noble lie is a concept originated by Plato as described in the Republic.
  • Karl Popper accused Plato of trying to base religion on a noble lie as well.
  • Religion for Plato is a noble lie, at least if we assume that Plato meant all of this sincerely, not cynically.
  • By implication, Strauss asks his readers to consider whether it is true that noble lies have no role at all to play in uniting and guiding the polis.
  • Seymour Hersh also claims that Strauss endorsed noble lies: myths used by political leaders seeking to maintain a cohesive society.
  • He builds a series of myths, or noble lies, to make the cities appear just, and these conditions moderate life within the communities.
  • Plato taught that the rulers of the Republic might sometimes be required to tell "noble lies" for the good of its citizens.
  • She has suffered for the noble lie, which she had told on my behalf, as no woman has ever been made to suffer before.
(20) stupid, clever, clumsy
Kolokacji: 3
(21) bare-faced, bold-faced
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + lie
Kolokacji: 10
of lies • with lies • to lies • on lies • in a lie • ...

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