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2 home truth
(a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person: It's time someone told him a few home truths.) verità -
3 ♦ truth
♦ truth /tru:ɵ/n.1 [uc] verità; (il) vero: I told you the truth, ti ho detto la verità; There is an element of truth in your story, c'è del vero nel tuo racconto; the truths of religion, le verità della fede; le verità rivelate; home truths, verità sgradevoli, la dura verità ( sul proprio conto); the honest (o the plain) truth, la pura verità; the naked truth, la nuda verità; the whole truth, tutta la verità; to speak (o to tell) the truth, dire la verità; to distort the truth, falsare la verità; to face the truth, guardare in faccia la realtà; to stretch the truth, forzare la verità; svisare i fatti; to uncover the truth, scoprire la verità2 [u] veridicità; l'esser veritiero; sincerità; lealtà3 [u] (mecc.) posizione giusta; centro: The wheel is out of truth, la ruota è fuori centro (o è scentrata)● (polit.) Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Commissione per la verità e la riconciliazione (istituita in Sud Africa per investigare sui reati commessi durante l'apartheid) □ truth drug (o truth serum), siero della verità □ Truth or Dare (o Consequences), il gioco della verità □ (mat.) truth table, tavola di verità □ (mat.) truth value, valore di verità □ (lett.) in truth, invero; veramente; infatti □ to tell the truth (o truth to tell), a dire il vero □ to tell sb. a few home truths, dire il fatto suo a q.; dirne quattro a q. □ (fig.) to be truth itself, essere la bocca della verità □ (fig.) to be the gospel truth, essere la pura verità; essere vangelo. -
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[truːθ]1) (real facts)2) (accuracy)to confirm, deny the truth of sth. — confermare, negare la veridicità di qcs
3) filos. relig. verità f.4) (foundation)there is no truth in that — è senza fondamento, è assolutamente falso
••to tell sb. a few home truths — dire a qcn. delle verità spiacevoli sul suo conto
* * *[tru:Ɵ]plural - truths; noun1) (trueness; the state of being true: I am certain of the truth of his story; `What is truth?' asked the philosopher.) verità2) (the true facts: I don't know, and that's the truth; Tell the truth about it.) verità•- truthful- truthfully
- truthfulness
- tell the truth
- to tell the truth* * *[truːθ]1) (real facts)2) (accuracy)to confirm, deny the truth of sth. — confermare, negare la veridicità di qcs
3) filos. relig. verità f.4) (foundation)there is no truth in that — è senza fondamento, è assolutamente falso
••to tell sb. a few home truths — dire a qcn. delle verità spiacevoli sul suo conto
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