Truth And Lies Flashcards
Be economical with the truth
Euphemism for lie
Say sth that is partly true
Talk sth up
Describe more interesting than what it is
Embellish sth
Make a story or statement that seems more intersting by adding details that are not always true
Gloss over sth
Trying to hide sth by saying little things indirectly about it
Unpalatable
Unpleasant and hard to accept
Namely
Used to say mkre about a subject
✅ I really like to read about HDLs, namely the articles which have introduced the hardware components in details
Sustain sth
Keep sth for a while
Make sth continue for some time
Detect sth
Notice
Deteriorate
Deterioration
Become worse
Turn into sth awful
✅ Their friendship deteriorated into a freaking conflict
Interrogation
Interrogate sb
Tge process of asking sb a lot of questions, especially in an agressive way
سوال پیچ کردن
Catch sb out
Make sb make a mistake which shows they have been lying
مچ کسی رو گرفتن
Humiliated
Humiliate sb
Humiliation
Feeling ashamed because you have lost respect of other people
تحقیر شدن
Needless to say
Obviously
✅ Needless to say, it is rainy outside
Declare war
Declare a ceasefire
◻️FORMAL◻️
Abbounce to start of a war or a ceasefire
Casualty
1- Sth that is destroyed
2- Sb who suffers when sth else happens
قربانی، مجروح، اسیب دیده
a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
“the shelling caused thousands of civilian casualties”
synonyms: victim, fatality, mortality; More
a person or thing badly affected by an event or situation.
“the building industry has been one of the casualties of the recession”
synonyms: victim
Distort sth
Twist or change facts so that they are no longer true
✅ Distorted truth
Level with sb
◻️INFORMAL◻️
Tell the rruth and not hide any important facts
روراست بودن
Phoney (noun, adjective)
◻️INFORMAL◻️
A person who is not honest or sincere
Anonymously
Anonymity
I a way that the name is hidden, a the speaker’s name is kept secret
Posthumously
After sb has died
Puzzle sb . Confound sb Baffle sb ◻️FORMAL◻️
Make sb feel confused
Adversary
◻️FORMAL◻️
An enemy or opponent
Deceive sb
Delude sb
Deceit (noun)
Deception (noun)
Fool and trick sb by behaving dishonestly
Falsehood
◻️FORMAL◻️
Lie
White lie
Small lie which you tell to avoid hurting someone
دروغ مصلحتی
Half-truth
A statement which only gives some of the facts
Fib
◻️INFORMAL◻️
An unimportant lie