"The criminal justice system relies on the testimony of persons and their ability to tell the truth.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Well, Wright himself described that difficulty of writing his autobiography, and these are the terms he used: I found that to tell the truth is the hardest thing on earth, harder than fighting in a war, harder than taking part in a revolution.

莱特自己描述了,自传写作的艰辛，他如是说：,“我发现说真话是世界上最难的事，比参加战争难，比参加革命难，如果尝试写自传。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And then after that, it was about a two-year wait, to tell you the truth.

在那之后，老实说，大概还要等上个两年。

想当军人的理由 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

I should tell the truth because those forces have been formed up by Bakiyev's family, his brother and other allies."

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

it was the best thing I've done, to tell you the truth.

事实上，这是我做过的最好的一件事了。

想当军人的理由 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant -- The truth about Emily Dickinson has been difficult to discover.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Just as Richards says, there's always something kind of archaic or atavistic about poetic thinking. It's not just that - it's not trying to tell the truth, as Sidney said-- "nothing lieth because it never affirmeth."

就像Richards说的，关于诗意的思考，总有些事情过时了,诗歌并非,拒绝陈述事实，正如Sidney说的-,“没有伪造的东西因为一切都不是真的“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"Tell you the truth,Bill," says I, "this little lamb has got on my nerves,too.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

Sunshine, meaning the truth, and everyone in the financial industry has to just tell people what they're doing.

阳光就是指事实,每一个在金融行业的人都必须,告诉人们他们在做什么

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Only the future will tell us the truth about transgenic food.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

If you ask her, she will tell you the truth.

如果你问她的话，她会告诉你真相的。

I can't 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I am still a fan. I have not kept up with the latest ones, to tell you the truth,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

I can't tell you the truth.

我没法告诉你实情。

I can't 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"I don't care what happens, I hope I am alive to really look into Obasanjo's face one day and ask him to tell the world the truth about what happened.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Right? I expect him to tell me the truth about the weather, right, and that's what I'm listening to him for.

对吧？，我希望他告诉我们天气的实况，我听他说话就是这个目的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"To tell you the truth,I had sung . all the songs I knew, and I am going ' What am I going to do now,'" "And in my mind I'm going 'you know, this is the freedom that my generation is looking for,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.15