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More LIES!!! – English vocabulary about Lying


more lies so you’ve learned how to say
you’re lying I don’t believe you and
also how to try to convince someone that
you’re telling the truth but what do you
call someone who lies all the time these
are some nouns that you can use if
someone lies all the time you can call
them a liar now remember that most
British accents are non-rhotic so that
are won’t be super pronounced it will
sound like liar
a liar in most American accents however
it’s Rohtak so that our will be quite
pronounced for example liar liar oh
that’s someone who lies in general but
let’s get more specific what about a
person who lies in order to steal money
think businesspeople when someone lies
for financial gain you can say this
fraud a fraud you could also say conman
but that’s just form in the
gender-neutral version of this is a con
artist a con artist or another
interesting thing you could call someone
is this a snake oil salesman or more
commonly you just say they’re selling
snake oil now this is fun because it’s
also a bit of history many years ago
people would travel across the country
selling these little things of snake oil
they would sell it as a medicine to cure
all disease and everything that was
wrong with people from headaches colds
flu I you not even deafness of
course it was bollocks it wasn’t real
medicine it didn’t work so even nowadays
when someone tries to sell you an idea
or a product or specifically a medicine
that they claim will change your life
will cure everything but it sounds like
you will say they are selling
snake oil a product which doesn’t work
that’s for people who lie how about
people who tell the truth when someone
waise tells of the truth or most of the
time tells the truth you can use these
adjectives to talk about that person you
can say she or he is because they’re
adjectives she is honest trustworthy or
reliable be careful of the pronunciation
with this one the H is silent so honest
not honnest new honest be careful with
the stress in the words too honest
trustworthy reliable now you’ve learned
how to say you’re lying by saying that’s
bollocks but how can you say the type of
lie that person is telling not all lies
are the same when someone is talking
about the size or the amount of
something and they want to say it’s this
much when in reality it’s only this much
the verb is to exaggerate so when your
friend is talking about the size of his
fish that he caught and he’s saying yeah
it’s this big you know in reality it’s
only this big so you can say I think
you’re exaggerating this next type of
lie has to do with attraction and love
this next line is about making someone
believe that you’re attracted to them or
may be in love with them but that’s a
lie
maybe in order to get something from
that person the verb for this type of
lie is lead on to lead someone on so she
could say in a past tense oh my god he
said that he loved me but that was a lie
he he led me on just don’t lead people
on it’s not nice hmm hmm but are all
lies bad I would have to say no
especially in this case for example if
you’ve had a long day at work in no
sleep and you come home like ah I know
like a zombie I’m so tired and she wants
to make you feel good she’s not gonna
say yeah you look awful no she’s not
going to hurt your feelings because
she’s a good friend and she will say no
you don’t look tired at all this type of
light is harmless it’s in order to know
hurt the person’s feelings the name of
this sly is a white lie or a little
white lie now be careful this is not
used as a verb you won’t say for example
I white lied you don’t say it like a
verb this is only a noun to say it like
a verb you need to say he said he looked
tired so I told a white lie I said he
looked great hmm I don’t think this
situation would happen but let’s imagine
maybe someone wants to rob you and
they’re saying give me your money or
I’ll shoot this very cute dog when
someone makes a threat that you don’t
believe is actually going to happen or
when someone claims to have power that
you don’t think they actually have this
type of lie is called a bluff bluff is a
verb and a noun here for example he’s
saying you’re bluffing I don’t believe
you will do what you say you will do in
that threat of course he’s not going to
kill the dog look at this little face
this is the same type of lie as in poker
when you want to pretend like you have
really high cards but really have
nothing it’s a bluff or you’re bluffing
if you haven’t already make sure you see
the previous video where I show you how
to say I think you’re lying you’re
definitely lying or how to try to
convince someone that you’re being
honest that you’re telling the truth you
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