Questions 1-10

23  gesture: ‘A common claim . . . is that liars won’t look 
people in the eye [= avoid making eye contact] . . . 
Another is that they are likely to gesture as they tell 
their story, but so frequently [= they gesture a lot] 
that it seems unnatural.’
24  details: ‘A difficulty that liars face is having to 
remember exactly what they said, which is why they 
don’t provide [= offer] as many [= fewer] details as 
a person giving an honest account would [= people 
who are telling the truth].’ 
25  stage: ‘It is also typical of liars to mentally rehearse 
[= to carefully plan] their story, and this is why one 
stage follows another in apparently chronological 
fashion [= to be in logical order].’ 
26  still: ‘Recent research has also disproved the 
widely believed notion [= something that many 
people believe] that liars have a habit of fidgeting 
[= moving around a lot] in their seats. Rather, it 
seems that they keep [= remain] still, especially 
in the upper body, possibly hoping to give an 
impression of self-assurance [= come across as 
more confident].’