lie
noun
something that you say or write that is not true and that you know is not true
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white lie
noun
a lie told to avoid making someone upset, not for your own advantage or in order to harm someone else
a tissue of lies
a story that is just a series of lies
fairy tale
noun
a story or explanation that someone has invented in order to make people believe something that is not true
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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dray
a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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