lie

s’allonger, être allongé

Être étendu à l’horizontale sur un lit, le sol ou une autre surface.

En anglais simple : To rest with your body flat on a bed, floor, or other surface.

• Lie down and rest.
• She lay on her back in the grass.
• I have lain awake for hours.

Comment l'utiliser : lie down (You should lie down for a while.); lie on something (He lay on the sofa all afternoon.)

Synonymes : recline

Contraires : stand, sit

Expressions courantes : lie down, lie on something, lie in bed, lie flat

mentir

Dire ou écrire quelque chose que l’on sait faux.

En anglais simple : To say or write something you know is not true.

• Please do not lie to me.
• He lied about where he had been.
• Are you lying to protect your friend?

Comment l'utiliser : lie to someone (He lied to his parents.); lie about something (She lied about her age.)

Synonymes : tell lies

Contraires : tell the truth

Expressions courantes : lie to someone, lie about something, lie under oath

se trouver, reposer

Être à un endroit précis sans bouger.

En anglais simple : To be in a particular place without moving.

• His coat lies on the floor.
• The letter lay unopened on her desk.
• Old toys were lying under the bed.

Comment l'utiliser : lie + place (Her keys lay on the kitchen table.)

Synonymes : rest, sit

Expressions courantes : lie on something, lie under something, lie untouched, lie flat

tromper, mentir

Faire paraître quelque chose différent de ce qu’il est réellement.

En anglais simple : To make something seem different from how it really is.

• The camera can lie.
• These photographs lie about the size of the room.
• Statistics sometimes lie when important details are missing.

Synonymes : mislead, deceive

Expressions courantes : lie about something, camera can lie, numbers never lie

mensonge

Propos dits ou écrits par quelqu’un qui sait qu’ils sont faux.

En anglais simple : Something someone says or writes that they know is not true.

• That is a lie.
• She told a lie to avoid trouble.
• Nobody believed his lies anymore.

Comment l'utiliser : lie about something (His story was a lie about his past.)

Synonymes : untruth, falsehood

Contraires : truth

Expressions courantes : tell a lie, a complete lie, lie about something