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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

lié {adj} {past-p}

combined

lié {adj} [en rapport avec]

incidental [occurring as a side-effect]

étroitement lié {adj} [idées]

interrelated

lié {adj} {past-p} [joint]

joined [linked]

lié {adj} {past-p}

linked

lié {adj}

Verbs

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

lie {f} [aussi fig.]

dregs {pl} [leftovers, remains, sediment] [also fig.]

2 Words: Others

trains transp. lié au rail {adj}

rail-borne

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

être lié à qc.

to relate to sth.

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

être lié à l'âge

to be age-related

être lié à qn./qc.

to be associated with sb./sth.

être lié à qn./qc.

to be coupled with sb./sth.

mentir par omission

to lie by omission

s'embusquer

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 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]

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

être étroitement lié à qn./qc.

to be closely related to sb./sth.

être lié avec qn.

to be very close to sb. [friendly]

être lié avec qn.

to be very friendly with sb.

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.]

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

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

tenir à cœur à qn.

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

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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