Contrary to the above belief, some people hold that a white lie is t acceptable.

与之相反的人们认为善意谎言是可接受的。

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I could lie, but I couldn't come up with a believable story that would explain why I was in their backyard wearing a T-shirt 12 stained with fresh raspberry juice.

我可以说谎，但是我想不出一个能让人信服的故事来解释我为什么会出现在他们家后院，而且身上的T恤还沾满了新鲜的树莓汁。

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Right. It's a slight lie, it doesn't have all possible values, but you get the idea. It has, if you like, intellectually, all possible values.

我撒了个小谎，这个空间并没有包含所有的可能的值，你们懂的，理性点说，如果你喜欢，我这么说的话，它包括了所有可能的值。

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One resident who spoke to WSMV said he doesn't believe a lie detector will fix all the town's problems, but he says it's a sign that Coopertown is moving in the right direction.

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Well, the answer doesn't lie with a fancy camera.

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Even if he did, he didn't disrupt the work of Congress, because the hearing at which he testified didn't relate to a specific piece of legislation, so the lie wouldn't meet the legal standards for convictions on the charges against Mr. Clemens, the defense hopes to argue.

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