The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But for a long time I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me.

然而很长一段时间里,一想起母亲过来揍我,我就会很听话，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Then I want to note the transition that happens at the very bottom of this page after he says, "I was chastened whenever I remembered that my mother had come close to killing me."

我想强调的是,这页最下面的转折，在他说完“一想起母亲过来揍我,我就会很听话“之後“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You see, my Mother's not a hottie nor is she sexy. She's more than that.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

My mother at that point decided that she would not stay in the South.

那时，我母亲决定,离开南部。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He told my mother and me that Trudy left a little money."

VOA: special.2009.02.14

I was with some friends of my mother long ago, and I remember looking at that and just thinking.

我是和我母亲以前的朋友们一起,我记得自己看着它沉思

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

"So I did do something about it go home and lock myself in my garage, in my recording studio, and not going to come out until I sound so different that I make my mother happy and she knows me from anybody else.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

And he denied that. He said my mother was nothing like Kane's father.

他否认了，他说,我母亲不像凯恩的父亲。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Because of this my mother used to make Jell-o that had fruit suspended in it, and the fruit doesn't sink to the bottom like you'd expect it to sink through water, but it stays suspended inside.

正因为如此,当我母亲以前做,那种加水果的果冻的时候,水果并不会沉到果冻底部来,你以为它会像在水里那样,但水果是悬在果冻里的

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Though I knew that I had killed the kitten, my mother's words had made it live again in my mind.

我虽杀了那只猫，可母亲让我对它改变了看法。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life.

可是我母亲更擅长运用生活的艺术，她会用人性的良知感情惩戒我,让我以后对摧残生灵心有余悸，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选