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1 truth
[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.) sannleikur2) (the true facts: I don't know, and that's the truth; Tell the truth about it.) sannleikur•- truthful- truthfully
- truthfulness
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2 to tell the truth
(really; actually: To tell the truth I forgot it was your birthday last week.) satt að segja -
3 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.) óþægileg staðreynd -
4 tell the truth
(to confess or make a true statement.) segja satt -
5 vouch
1) (to say that one is sure that something is fact or truth: Will you vouch for the truth of the statement?) staðfesta2) (to guarantee the honesty etc of (a person): My friends will vouch for me.) votta, ábyrgjast•- voucher -
6 abstract
['æbstrækt] 1. adjective1) ((of a noun) referring to something which exists as an idea and which is not physically real: Truth, poverty and bravery are abstract nouns.) óhlutbundinn, óhlutstæður2) ((of painting, sculpture etc) concerned with colour, shape, texture etc rather than showing things as they really appear: an abstract sketch of a vase of flowers.) afstrakt, óhlutbundinn2. noun(a summary (of a book, article etc).) útdráttur, ágrip -
7 ascertain
[æsə'tein](to find out: We shall never ascertain the truth.) ganga úr skugga um -
8 atom
['ætəm]1) (the smallest part of an element.) atóm, frumeind2) (anything very small: There's not an atom of truth in what she says.) snefill•- atomic- atomic bomb
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- atomic energy
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9 challenge
[' ælin‹] 1. verb1) (to ask (someone) to take part in a contest: He challenged his brother to a round of golf.) skora á2) (to question (someone's authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).) véfengja, rengja2. noun1) (an invitation to a contest: He accepted his brother's challenge to a fight.) áskorun2) (the act of questioning someone's right, a statement etc.) véfenging•- challenging -
10 chance
1. noun1) (luck or fortune: It was by chance that I found out the truth.) hending, heppni2) (an opportunity: Now you have a chance to do well.) tækifæri3) (a possibility: He has no chance of winning.) möguleiki4) ((a) risk: There's an element of chance in this business deal.) áhætta2. verb1) (to risk: I may be too late but I'll just have to chance it.) taka áhættu2) (to happen accidentally or unexpectedly: I chanced to see him last week.) sem gerist óvænt3. adjective(happening unexpectedly: a chance meeting.) óvæntur- chancy- chance on
- upon
- by any chance
- by chance
- an even chance
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11 come clean
(to tell the truth about something, often about something about which one has previously lied.) segja (að lokum) sannleikann -
12 come out
1) (to become known: The truth finally came out.) koma í ljós2) (to be published: This newspaper comes out once a week.) koma út3) (to strike: The men have come out (on strike).) fara í verkfall4) ((of a photograph) to be developed: This photograph has come out very well.) koma út, framkallast5) (to be removed: This dirty mark won't come out.) fara úr -
13 deem
[di:m](to judge or think: He deemed it unwise to tell her the truth.) álíta -
14 divine
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15 equal to
(fit or able for: I didn't feel equal to telling him the truth.) fær um -
16 exaggerate
[iɡ'zæ‹əreit]1) (to make (something) appear to be, or describe it as, greater etc than it really is: You seem to be exaggerating his faults; That dress exaggerates her thinness.) ÿkja; draga fram2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) ÿkja• -
17 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) finna út, komast að2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) fletta ofan af e-m, koma upp um -
18 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) létta af hjarta sínuEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > get something off one's chest
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19 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) láta e-n njóta vafansEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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20 give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
(to assume that someone is telling the truth because one cannot be sure that he is not doing so.) láta e-n njóta vafansEnglish-Icelandic dictionary > give (someone) the benefit of the doubt
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