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41 speculation
1) (a guess: Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.) υπόθεση,εικασία2) (the act of speculating: There was great speculation as to what was happening.) πιθανολογία, εικοτολογία -
42 strict
[strikt]1) (severe, stern, and compelling obedience: This class needs a strict teacher; His parents were very strict with him; The school rules are too strict; strict orders.) αυστηρός2) (exact or precise: If the strict truth were known, he was drunk, not ill.) ακριβής•- strictly
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43 sworn
[swo:n]1) ((of friends, enemies etc) (determined, as if) having taken an oath always to remain so: They are sworn enemies.) ορκισμένος2) ((of evidence, statements etc) given by a person who has sworn to tell the truth: The prisoner made a sworn statement.) ένορκος -
44 whereas
conjunction (when in fact; but on the other hand: He thought I was lying, whereas I was telling the truth.) ενώ -
45 Fancy
subs.Imagination ( the faculty): P. φαντασία, ἡ.Conceit, notion: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, δόκησις, ἡ, δόξασμα, τό, ἔννοια, ἡ, V. δόκημα, τό, Ar. and P. νόημα, τό.False picture ( as opposed to truth): P. εἴδωλον, τό.Heard ye a cry or has some vain fancy cozened me: V. βοῆς ἠκούσατʼ ἢ δοκὼ κενὴ ὑπῆλθέ με (Eur., El. 747).Castle in the air: P. εὐχή, ἡ.Speculation: P. θεωρία, ἡ.Take a fancy ( to persons): P. φιλοφρονεῖσθαι (acc.).Take ( a person's) fancy: use attract, please.——————v. trans.Like: P. ἡδέως ἔχειν (dat.); see Like.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Fancy
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46 Reality
Real existence: P. οὐσία, ἡ.In reality: P. and V. ἔργῳ, as opposed to λόγῳ, nominally.Such friends have the semblance not the reality ( of friendship) who are not friends in time of trouble: V. ὄνομα γὰρ ἔργον δʼ οὐκ ἔχουσιν οἱ φίλοι οἱ μὴ ʼπι ταῖσι συμφοραῖς ὄντες φίλοι (Eur., Or. 454).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reality
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47 Reserve
v. trans.Set apart: P. χωρὶς τίθεσθαι, ἐξαίρετον ποιεῖσθαι.Be reserved: P. ἀποκεῖσθαι.Keep not the good reserving it for yourself alone: V. μὴ μόνος τὸ χρηστὸν ἀπολαβὼν ἔχε (Eur., Or. 451).——————subs.Resource: P. ἀφορμή, ἡ.Troops in reserve: P. οἱ ἐπιτακτοι.Place in reserve, v.: P. ἐπιτάσσεσθαι (Thuc. 6, 67).Modesty: P. and V. αἰδώς, ἡ..Caution: P. and V. εὐλάβεια, ἡ.Reservation: see Reservation.If I must speak the truth without reserve: P. εἰ μηδὲν εὐλαβηθέντα τἀληθὲς εἰπεῖν δέοι (Dem. 280).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reserve
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48 ascertain
[æsə'tein](to find out: We shall never ascertain the truth.) εξακριβώνω, διαπιστώνω -
49 atom
['ætəm]1) (the smallest part of an element.) άτομο2) (anything very small: There's not an atom of truth in what she says.) ίχνος, ψύγμα•- atomic- atomic bomb
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50 come clean
(to tell the truth about something, often about something about which one has previously lied.) ομολογώ τα πάντα -
51 deem
[di:m](to judge or think: He deemed it unwise to tell her the truth.) θεωρώ -
52 divine
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53 equal to
(fit or able for: I didn't feel equal to telling him the truth.) (αντ)άξιος -
54 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.) μεγαλοποιώ,τονίζω2) (to go beyond the truth in describing something etc: You can't trust her. She always exaggerates.) υπερβάλλω• -
55 find out
1) (to discover: I found out what was troubling her.) ανακαλύπτω,εξακριβώνω2) (to discover the truth (about someone), usually that he has done wrong: He had been stealing for years, but eventually they found him out.) αποκαλύπτω -
56 get something off one's chest
(to tell the truth about something that is worrying one.) λέω και ξαλαφρώνω -
57 honestly
1) (in an honest way: He gained his wealth honestly.) έντιμα,τίμια2) (used to stress the truth of what a person is saying: Honestly, that's exactly what he said; I honestly don't think it's possible.) ειλικρινά,αλήθεια -
58 on one's honour
(an expression used to emphasize the truth and solemnity of something which is said: Do you swear, on your honour, never to reveal what you see here?) στο λόγο της τιμής μου -
59 parody
['pærədi] 1. plural - parodies; noun1) (an amusing imitation of a serious author's style of writing: He writes parodies of John Donne's poems.) διακωμώδηση,παρωδία2) (a very bad imitation: a parody of the truth.) παρωδία2. verb(to make a parody of (something or someone).) διακωμωδώ -
60 searching
adjective (trying to find out the truth by careful examination: He gave me a searching look.) ερευνητικός
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