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VERB

lier | lie | avoir lié | liant

NOUN	a lie \| lies	edit
VERB1	to lie \| lay \| lain ... lying \| lies	edit
VERB2	to lie [tell a lie] \| lied \| lied ... lying \| lies	edit
SYNO	to consist \| to dwell \| to lie ...
to consist \| to dwell \| to lie \| to lie in Lie \| Trygve Halvden Lie \| Trygve Lie to lie \| to lie down to lie \| to rest lie \| prevarication © Princeton University

mentir

to lie [to tell falsehoods]

s'allonger

to lie [to be in / go into a horizontal position]

littérat. gésir [littéraire]

to lie

séjourner [pour un liquide]

to lie [of a liquid]

être allongé

to lie [to be in a horizontal position]

Nouns

mensonge {m}

lie

2 Words: Verbs

tricher sur qc. [mentir]

to lie about sth.

se pencher en arrière

to lie back

sommeiller [passion, désir]

to lie dormant

somnoler [littéraire] [être inactif]

to lie dormant

s'étendre [s'allonger]

to lie down

agr. être en jachère

to lie fallow [land, field]

se faire oublier

to lie low [coll.]

être à plat ventre

to lie prone

2 Words: Nouns

pieux mensonge {m}

emergency lie [white lie]

math. algèbre {f} de Lie

Lie algebra

math. crochet {m} de Lie

Lie bracket

psych. tech. détection {f} de mensonges

lie detection

dr. outil. détecteur {m} de mensonges

lie detector

math. groupe {m} de Lie

Lie group

pieux mensonge {m}

white lie

3 Words: Verbs

mentir par omission

to lie by omission

s'embusquer

to lie in ambush

être embusqué

to lie in ambush

être en embuscade

to lie in ambush

se tenir en embuscade

to lie in ambush

faire le guet [fam.] [complice]

to lie in ambush [idiom]

être exposé publiquement

to lie in state

être embusqué

to lie in wait

être à l'affut [aussi : affût]

to lie in wait

se tenir à l'affût

to lie in wait

faire le guet [fam.] [complice]

to lie in wait [idiom]

faire le guet [fam.] [complice]

to lie in waiting [idiom]

pol. sport être au coude à coude avec qn.

to lie level with sb.

faire le guet [fam.] [complice]

to lie on lookout [idiom]

sport se tenir en retrait [équipe en défense]

to lie well back [defending team]

avaler des couleuvres [fam.] [loc.]

to swallow a lie [idiom] [to be taken in]

3 Words: Nouns

Unverified petit mensonge {m}

(little) white lie [fib]

4 Words: Others

prov. Il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

C'est du flan. [fam.]

That's a bloody lie. [coll.]

4 Words: Verbs

démentir qc. [propos, déclaration]

to give the lie to sth.

faire un petit somme [loc.]

to have a lie-down [Br.] [coll.]

dormir tout son soûl

to have a lie-in [Br.]

tenir à cœur à qn.

to lie close to sb.'s heart [idiom]

guetter qn.

to lie in wait for sb.

dresser une embuscade à qn.

to lie in wait for sb. [fig.] [e.g. reporter]

tendre une embuscade à qn.

to lie in wait for sb. [fig.] [e.g. reporter]

mentir effrontément

to lie through one's teeth

mentir comme un arracheur de dents

to lie through one's teeth

4 Words: Nouns

math. représentation {f} des groupes de Lie

representation of Lie groups

5+ Words: Others

Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire. [loc.]

As you make your bed, you must lie in it. [idiom]

Comme on fait son lit, on se couche ! [loc.]

You've made your bed, now lie on it! [idiom]

5+ Words: Verbs

prendre qn. en flagrant délit de mensonge

to catch sb. out in a lie

faire mentir le proverbe

to give the lie to the proverb

se renverser dans un fauteuil

to lie back in an armchair

se plaquer au sol

to lie flat on the ground

se coller au sol [fig.]

to lie flat on the ground [fig.]

être vautré sur la banquette

to lie full-length on the bench

lézarder [fam.]

to lie stretched out in the sun

entrer dans le cadre de qc.

to lie within the ambit of sth.

mentir avec audace

to tell a bare-faced lie

Fiction (Literature and Film)

film F Le Grand Mensonge

The Great Lie [Edmund Goulding]

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