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♦ 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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truth n1 ( real facts) the truth la vérité (about concernant, à propos de) ; to face/tell the truth faire face à/dire la vérité ; the whole truth toute la vérité ; ‘…the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ Jur ‘…toute la vérité, rien que la vérité’ ; the truth is beginning to dawn ( on oneself) je commence à entrevoir la vérité ; ( on others) la vérité commence à percer ; in truth sout en vérité ; the truth is that… la vérité, c'est que… ; whatever the truth of the matter quoi qu'il en soit ; to tell you the truth ○ , I've no idea à vrai dire, je n'en ai aucune idée ; nothing could be further from the truth c'est absolument faux ; I can't take one more day of this, and that's the truth ○ ! je ne peux plus supporter cette situation, un point c'est tout! ;2 ( accuracy) to confirm/deny the truth of sth confirmer/nier l'exactitude de qch ;4 ( foundation) there is no truth in that c'est absolument faux ; there is not a word ou shred of truth in that il n'y a pas un mot or grain de vérité là-dedans or dans tout cela ; there is some/a great deal of truth in that il y a du vrai dans cela/une grande part de vérité fml là-dedans.truth will out la vérité se fera jour ; truth is stranger than fiction la réalité dépasse la fiction ; to tell sb a few home truths dire à qn ses quatre vérités. -
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1 noun(a) (true facts) vérité f;∎ I then discovered the truth about Neil j'ai alors découvert la vérité sur Neil;∎ there isn't a grain or an ounce of truth in what he says il n'y a pas une once de vérité dans ce qu'il dit;∎ there's some truth in what he says il y a du vrai dans ce qu'il dit;∎ there is no truth in the rumour il n'y a rien de vrai dans cette rumeur;∎ the truth of the matter is I really don't care any more la vérité c'est que maintenant je m'en fiche vraiment;∎ … and that's the truth … et voilà la vérité;∎ to tell the truth dire la vérité;∎ to tell (you) the truth à vrai dire, à dire vrai;∎ literary truth to tell à dire vrai;∎ truth is the first casualty (of war) toute guerre s'accompagne de son cortège de mensonges;∎ Law the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth la vérité, toute la vérité, rien que la vérité;∎ proverb (the) truth will out = la vérité finit toujours par se savoir(b) (fact, piece of information) vérité f;∎ he learned some important truths about himself on lui a dit ses quatre vérités;∎ universal truths vérités fpl universellesen vérité►► truth drug sérum m de vérité;truth table table f ou matrice f de vérité -
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truth [tru:θ](plural truths) [tru:ðz]vérité f• to tell you the truth, he... à vrai dire, il...* * *[truːθ]1) ( real facts)the truth (of the matter) is that — la vérité, c'est que
to tell you the truth — (colloq) à vrai dire
2) ( accuracy)to confirm/deny the truth of something — confirmer/nier l'exactitude de quelque chose
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truth [tru:θ] n (pl -s [tru:ðz])1) пра́вда; и́стина;а) говори́ть пра́вду;б) по пра́вде говоря́;the home ( или bitter) truth го́рькая пра́вда
;the truths of science нау́чные и́стины
;in truth действи́тельно, пои́стине
;moment of the truth моме́нт и́стины
;the truth is that I am very tired де́ло в том, что ( или по пра́вде сказа́ть) я о́чень уста́л
2) правди́вость3) то́чность, соотве́тствие;truth to nature то́чность воспроизведе́ния
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• truth: ‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’ «правду, всю правду и ничего, кроме правды», фраза, которую произносят перед дачей свидетельских показаний в суде -
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truth drug[tr'u:θ dr∧g] n = link=truth%20serum truth serum. -
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ˈtruth-tell·ernthe liars and the \truth-tellers die Lügner und die, die die Wahrheit sagen -
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truth se.rum[tr'u:θ siərəm] n soro da verdade, escopolamina, ioscina. -
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20 truth-in-packaging
truth-in-ˈpack·ag·ingadj attr, inv unverfälscht
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