lie

横になる、寝そべる

ベッドや床などの上で体を横にしていること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： lie down (You should lie down for a while.); lie on something (He lay on the sofa all afternoon.)

類義語： recline

反対語： stand, sit

よく使う表現： lie down, lie on something, lie in bed, lie flat

嘘をつく

本当ではないと知りながら、何かを言ったり書いたりする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： lie to someone (He lied to his parents.); lie about something (She lied about her age.)

類義語： tell lies

反対語： tell the truth

よく使う表現： lie to someone, lie about something, lie under oath

置かれている、ある

動かずに、ある場所に置かれている、または存在すること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： lie + place (Her keys lay on the kitchen table.)

類義語： rest, sit

よく使う表現： lie on something, lie under something, lie untouched, lie flat

欺く、誤解させる

何かを実際とは違うように見せる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： mislead, deceive

よく使う表現： lie about something, camera can lie, numbers never lie

嘘

本当ではないと知りながら言ったり書いたりした内容。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： lie about something (His story was a lie about his past.)

類義語： untruth, falsehood

反対語： truth

よく使う表現： tell a lie, a complete lie, lie about something