Sentence examples of "give the lie to" in English
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.
Esa mentira lo metió en problemas cuando su jefe descubrió la verdad.
Lie to me again. In this case I'd prefer not to know the truth.
Otra vez dime una mentira, en este caso habría preferido no saber la verdad.
You may give the ticket to whomever you like.
Puedes darle ese boleto a cualquier persona que te guste.
Tom and Mary claim that they never lie to each other.
Tom y Mary afirman que ellos nunca se mienten el uno al otro.
Sometimes we lie to keep from hurting someone else's feelings.
A veces mentimos para no lastimar los sentimientos de los demás.
The interpreter tries to give the most detail and information possible.
El intérprete intenta dar tanta información y tantos detalles como le es posible.
To think what we do not feel is to lie to ourselves, in the same way that we lie to others when we say what we do not think.
Pensar lo que no sentimos es mentirnos a nosotros mismos, de la misma manera que mentimos a otros cuando decimos lo que no pensamos.
One should always give the impression that they can change the course of things.
Uno siempre debe dar la impresión de que puede cambiar el rumbo de las cosas.
After you have read it, give the book back to me.
Después de que lo hayas leído, devuélveme el libro.
He tells a new lie to cover up those that came before.
Dice una nueva mentira para cubrir las anteriores.
You can lie to everyone else, but you can't lie to yourself.
Puedes mentir a todos los demás, pero no puedes mentirte a ti mismo.
I'm so glad that you asked me to give the opening speech tonight.
Estoy tan feliz de que me pidieras que diera el discurso de apertura esta noche.
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