"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
(20) stupid, clever, clumsy
Kolokacji: 3
1. stupid lie = głupie kłamstwo stupid lie
2. clever lie = pomysłowe kłamstwo clever lie
3. clumsy lie = niezdarne kłamstwo clumsy lie
  • But Riogetti knew better than to be fooled by such clumsy lies.
  • If he didn't admit it, what clumsy lie would he tell?
  • Well, the truth is often better than a clumsy lie.
  • The truth had gotten out, the clumsy lie had been revealed.
  • It was a clumsy lie on her part, and Farad'n found himself staring at his mother in wonderment.
  • Part of it may be a clumsy lie, but I'm afraid the part about the humanoids is true.
  • Mostly, though, it's Richard, who has been telling her clumsy lies about whatever is making him edgy.
  • You tried to make me swallow a clumsy lie about a girl who looked like Wilma.
  • Worse than a stalemate: our clumsy lies are exposed, naked before the entire world.
  • He was pleased she did not attempt a clumsy lie.
(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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