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settle down, consist of, run away from, tell the truth, keep silent, take the lead, in advance, look down on, tell a lie, by accident |
We all know that honesty is an important value and that (lie) is wrong, but who can
(honest) say that they've never told a lie? Perhaps we comfort ourselves with the knowledge that most of the lies we tell are “white lies”: little lies that we tell (protect) others from the truth. There are some reasons for telling white lies.
First, white lies can make others feel (good). When we lie and say someone's haircut looks good, we are in fact lying to protect ourselves from the (disappoint) and anger of others. Another reason for telling a white lie is to give encouragement. Say for example that your friend asks you what you think of his singing. You of course say that it's wonderful, secretly thinking that your cat can sing better. In fact, perhaps what your friend needs are frank (comment). Finally, we may also tell white lie we want to protect others from bad news. If you (have) a bad day, you hide your tears and lie that your day was “fine” so that your parents didn't worry about you. However, wouldn't it be better to respect their concern for you and ask for their advice? One day we may find even white lies have results we cannot know in advance.
