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  • 111white lie — noun (C) informal a lie that you tell in order to avoid hurting someone s feelings …

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  • 112go tell it to birds — This is used when someone says something that is not credible or is a lie …

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  • 113ˌwhite ˈlie — noun [C] a lie about something that is not important that you tell in order to avoid making someone upset …

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  • 114tale|tell|er — «TAYL TEHL uhr», noun. 1. = talebearer. (Cf. ↑talebearer) 2. a teller of tales or stories; narrator: »You are reminded of those oriental taletellers of the marketplace, whose hands are as eloquent as their voices (Harper s). 3. a person who tells …

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  • 115Lying — • As defined by St. Thomas Aquinas, a statement at variance with the mind Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lying     Lying     † …

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  • 116ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …

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  • 117Doctrine of mental reservation — Contents 1 Secular use 2 Mentalis restrictio in moral theology 3 Legacy …

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  • 118Achaemenid Empire — Persian Empire redirects here. For other uses, see Persian Empire (disambiguation). Persian Empire ← …

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  • 119List of performances on Top of the Pops — NOTOC Contents 1960s: 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 1970s: 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 1979 1980s: 1980 | 1981 1982 | 1983 | 1984 1985 | 1986 | 1987 1988 | 1989 1990s: 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 1994 |… …

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  • 120Mental Reservation — • The name applied to a doctrine which has grown out of the common Catholic teaching about lying and which is its complement Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Mental Reservation     Mental Reservation …

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