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91perjure — v lie under oath, give false testimony, bear false witness, forswear; lie, tell a lie or falsehood, be untruthful, prevaricate, fib …
92привирать — ПРИВИРАТЬ, несов. (сов. приврать), что и без доп. Разг. Говоря что л. кому л., сообщать (сообщить) что л. не соответствующее истине и действительности, прибавляя от себя; Син.: Разг. врать, лгать [impf. coll. to exaggerate, say more than the… …
93gammon — I. /ˈgæmən / (say gamuhn) noun 1. the game of backgammon. 2. Backgammon a victory in which the winner throws off all his or her pieces before the opponent throws off any. –verb (t) 3. Backgammon to win a gammon over. {? special use of Middle… …
94equivocate — [v] avoid an issue beat around the bush*, beg the question*, blow hot and cold*, cavil, cloud the issue*, con, cop a plea*, cop out*, cover up*, dodge, double talk, elude, escape, eschew, evade, falsify, fence, fib, flipflop*, fudge*, give run… …
95fabricate — [v1] manufacture assemble, brainstorm, build, cobble up*, compose, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, create, devise, dream up, erect, fashion, fit together, form, formulate, frame, head trip*, invent, join, knock together*, make, make up,… …
96prevaricate — [v] deceive; stretch the truth beat around the bush*, beg the question*, belie, cavil, con, distort, dodge, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, fabricate, falsify, fib, garble, hedge, invent, jive*, lie*, misrepresent, misspeak, palter, phony up*, put …
97story — story1 [stôr′ē] n. pl. stories [ME storie < OFr estoire < L historia: see HISTORY] 1. the telling of a happening or connected series of happenings, whether true or fictitious; account; narration 2. an anecdote or joke 3. a) a fictitious… …
98white lie — noun an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite) • Hypernyms: ↑lie, ↑prevarication * * * a minor, polite, or harmless lie; fib. * * * white lie A minor falsehood, esp one uttered for reasons of tact, etc • • • Main Entry:… …
99fic|tion — «FIHK shuhn», noun. 1. a story that is not fact; novels, short stories, and other prose writings that tell about imaginary people and happenings. “Robinson Crusoe” is fiction. »Modern fiction lacks the long descriptive passages so characteristic… …
100sto|ry — sto|ry1 «STR ee, STOHR », noun, plural ries, verb, ried, ry|ing. –n. 1. an account of some happening or group of happenings: »the story of the boy s disappearance, the story of the gold rush. The man told the story of his life. SYNONYM(S):… …
