British Bitesize Lesson #16: LIE

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this is number 16 of 25 bite-sized
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lessons which I'm making especially you
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because it's Christmas
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my name is Anna and today's lesson is
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all about the word lie now to lie could
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mean to physically lay your body in a
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horizontal position so when you go to
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bed you lie down in order to go to sleep
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we could also use the word lie to mean
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something that is not true for example
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if i say to you
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my name is Margaret that is a lie
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because my name is Anna so I was telling
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a lie I told you a lie
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interestingly we often use the phrase
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little white lie, now a little white lie
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is a lie that doesn't really do any harm
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for example i could say before I started
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this video i have three cups of tea i
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didn't i only had one cup of tea but by
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telling you a little white lie
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it didn't do any harm and people usually
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tell little white lies in order to
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smooth over a situation or to keep
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somebody happy so why don't you tell me
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what was the last little white lie that
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you told and put it in the comments box
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below
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we can also use the world lie to mean
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position so i could say that Manchester
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lies north of Birmingham just meaning that
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Manchester is positioned north of
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Birmingham or i could say the cardigan
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lay on the floor for three days so the
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cardigan was placed on the floor for
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three days now there are lots of phrases
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that use the word lie for example we've
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had little white lie
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you might also hear let it lie
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or let it be would be a similar phrase
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but let it lie
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Let It Be means to leave it alone for
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example if something has been said about
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you
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that isn't true but it's not a big deal
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then your friends might advise you to
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just let it lie
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don't worry about it leave it alone
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don't try to phone people and put the
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record straight
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just let it lie you might hear lies
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in store or lies ahead
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this means what is about to happen in
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the future so I'm arranging a surprise
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birthday party and the birthday boy does
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not know what lies ahead for him today
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he doesn't know what lies in store for
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him but I do, a surprise party you may
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hear lies at the heart of... or lies at
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the root of... this means the true meaning
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so what lies at the heart of the problem
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what the true reason for this issue you
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could say that Anna's loneliness lies at the
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heart of her chocolate addiction i'm so
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lonely chocolate makes me feel better
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lies in wait normally represents
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something sinister so it could be a person
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or an animal is hiding waiting to attack
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you could say that the mugger lies in
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wait for his victim and then he attacks
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and mugs his victim if your advised to
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lie low
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this means to keep a low profile whether
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it be at work or in a social situation
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just keep yourself to yourself
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usually it's because something has blown
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up or there's a scandal or something
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similar and everybody's got their eyes
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on you or you're in trouble of some sort so
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you're told to lie low until it's blown
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over until the situation has resolved
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and then you can be like "hello I'm back" so to
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lie low to keep a low profile now my
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favorite of the lie phrases is something
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that I don't get to do very often and
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that is to lie in now to lie in is to
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sleep or to relax in bed in the morning
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without having to set an alarm or
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having a certain time when you have to
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get up so usually at the weekend when
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you don't have to go to work
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you'll turn off your alarm the night
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before and you'll sleep until you
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naturally wake and then you might just
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snooze for a bit longer you have a lie-in
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but don't disturb me i'm having a lie-in
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thank you i never have a lie in too busy
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making video right well i hope you found
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that helpful don't forget there are 25
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videos in this bite-sized series please
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if you do like this video it will make
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such a difference if you give it a
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thumbs up and make sure you press the
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big red subscribe button if you are
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already a subscriber then do press the
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bell notification button next to the
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subscribe button also leave me a comment
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in the comments box below I would love
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to know what your little white lies are
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about okay until tomorrow take care and
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goodbye
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