It was simple enough, in those old days, to define with approximate accuracy when a given statement ceased to be the truth and became a lie.

在过去，要近似准确地界定一个特定声明由真理变为谎言，是很简单的。

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It ain't a lie, auntie; it's the truth.

那不是一个谎言，姨妈。这是事实。

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

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If Wheeler seems comfortable in this Samuel Beckett world where the truth is a lie and only lies lead to the truth, perhaps it's because he's been living there a long time.

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