Would you pls explain one sentence in the movie "The bucket list"?

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The scene goes like:----------------------------------------------Tom: Okay. we're all set , then? okay ,good All right, it took some doing, but uh, i rearranged everything, Cairo tomorrow, Tanzania for two days, then Johannesburg on Saturday.and as previously directed, no bullfight, no tigher hunt.Edward:Thomas, i'd really like to say you're irreplaceable..but i'd be lying. Tomas: and i'd really like to say you're a gracious man, and i love my job ..but i, too , would be lying. Edward: Turnabout is fair play. i believe you learned that from the master.-------------------------------------------------------------------------My Questions:1. Is "I would be lying."  subjunctive mood?i don't exactly understand the nuance of it . when i can use something like that expression. i'd like you to show some example situation.2. Turnabout is fair playi don't exactly understand the nuance of it . example me about it , too.i found fair play in the dictionary. [NOUN] [approval] If you refer to someone's attitude or behaviour as fair play, you approve of it because it shows respect and sympathy towards everyone, even towards people who are thought to be wrong or to deserve punishment.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

"Turnabout is fair play" means "If one person does something, it's fair/just/right that another person can do it too."

So the first man says "You're not really irreplaceable" and the other guy says "You're not really gracious."

RandomGuy · Answer

ljswaveIs "I would be lying." subjunctive mood?

No, it's an implied conditional.

I would be lying (if I said you were irreplaceable).
I too would be lying (if I said you were a gracious man and I love my job).

It's the same idea whenever a teacher here says, e.g., I would use a comma.

Ljswave · Answer

First , i appreciate you.
I think I need to get more knowledge about the English Grammer that i can't understand what the difference or definition between subjunctive and conditional mood.

If you could explain a little bit more easily, i'd really like to get your explanation.

or one more question below.
.--> What does it below mean? i'm so sorry not to understand why u wrote this.??

It's the same idea whenever a teacher here says, e.g., I would use a comma

RandomGuy · Answer

ljswaveI think I need to get more knowledge about the English Grammer that i can't understand what the difference or definition between subjunctive and conditional mood.

There is no conditional mood in English, but there are conditional constructions. There are three main verb moods in English: indicative, imperative, and subjunctive. You can study the basics of verb moods and conditionals at the web sites below.

http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/moods.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm

ljswaveor one more question below.
.--> What does it below mean? i'm so sorry not to understand why u wrote this.??
It's the same idea whenever a teacher here says, e.g., I would use a comma

It was only a common example of an implied conditional; that is, only half of a full conditional construction.

I wouldn't do that. [if I were you]
That would've hurt. [if the ball had hit you]
I would use a comma. [if I wrote the sentence]

These kinds of sentences are quite common, especially in spoken English.

Ljswave · Answer

Thank you very much ,Aspara Gus
I totally understood as result of your helpful,considerable reply.especailly the site address you recommand N your example sentences.

Would you pls explain one sentence in the movie "The bucket list"?

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