misleading - misled - have misled misleading [adj] misleading informa
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tion or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts: The article was misleading, and the newspaper has now apologized.
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TWIST/ NOT TRUST
to deliberately make someone believe something that is not true
honest
false
trick /tnk/ [u TJ to make someone believe
something you do in order to trick someone
trick /tnk/ [n C] a clever plan designed to make someone believe something that you want them to believe, or do something that you want them to do: The phone call from the hospital was a trick to get him out of the office, a trick question (=a question that is cleverly designed to make someone give a wrong answer)
trap /traep/ (л С] a clever plan designed to harm someone, for example by making them go somewhere where they will be caught or attacked, or making them say something they did not intend to say: Suspecting о trap. I didn't take the money with me.
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FALSE
trust/not trust
/all into a trap (=be deceived because you did not realize someone was trying to trick you) King asked her a question about taxes, and she fell into his trap.
TRUE/NOT TRUE
DISHONEST
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tell sb the truth You should have told him the truth.
Ж Don't say 'she's saying the truth'. Say she's telling the truth
accurate "lekftrot [adj] accurate information, figures, descriptions etc are based on facts that are exactly right, and do not contain mistakes: It is important that people suffering from the disease get accurate information about it. ! He gave an accurate account of what had happened.
it is a /act 11 iz э fiekt, use this to emphasize that something is definitely true, especially when it is surprising or difficult to believe
+ that It is a fact that more young people die in road accidents than from any other cause.
Use it is a fact especially in reports and
discussions.
ШМ true
true ,,tru: {adj\ something that is true is based on real facts and was not invented or imagined: Everything I have told you js true. I The film is based on a true story.
it is true (that) Is it true that Tom and Lesley are getting married?
the truth /&э 'tru:6 [n singular] the true facts about a situation: It took the police a long time to find out the truth
+ about We may never know the truth
about what really happened to Marilyn Monroe.
Qbe the truth spoken (-be true - use this especially to persuade someone that you are not lying) Tve never seen this man before, and that's the truth. Qthe truth is (that) spoken (use this when you are explaining the true facts about something, especially when they are different from what people think) The truth is she's worried about losing her job.
tell the truth /tel cb true/to say what
really happened or what the true situation is: Why won't you believe me? Tm telling the truthl
Eш not true
not true/untrue /nnt tru:. An'tru:/ {adj
not before noun] "No-one ever helps me." "That's not true!" ! There were various rumours about her private life, but they were all untrue.
it is untrue/not true that It is not true that all women want to go out to work, completely/totally untrue The papers said he had beat up his wife, which was completely untrue.
A In spoken English, not true is much more common than untrue
/К Not be the case is fairly formal, and is used especially when writing or talking about politics or other serious subjects.
there is no truth in sth .ftcor 1/ пэо
tru:B m (sth),; if you say that there is no
truth in something, you mean that it is completely untrue and that people are wrong to suggest that il is true: There is no truth in the rumour that Collins and his wife are about to divorce. I Someone told me the company was losing money, but Bi'/ says there's no truth in this.
misleading mis'liidnj [adj] misleading
information or statements make people believe something that is not true, especially by not giving them all the facts: The holiday brochure is deliberately mislead- ina. because the hotels it shows are not the ones you actually stay in. I These statistics give a misleading impression of what is happening to the economy.
to think of a reason, explanation etc, especially one that is untrue
make up /(meik \p (phrasa/ verb T] to think of a reason, explanation, excuse etc that is untrue
make up sth If you don't want to go out
with Wanda, you'll have to make up
some kind oj excuse.
make sth up When I told them why I
was late, they accused me of making it
up!
Invent is more formal than make up, and is used especially in written English,
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invent in vent [и T] to think of a reason, explanation, or excuse that is sometimes very complicated but completely untrue: He used to invent stories about his rich lifestyle to impress the women he met. I I began to invent reasons for staying away from work.