I have a confession to make.

我要作个坦白。

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I've a confession to make—I lied about my age.

我有错要承认—我谎报了年龄。

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I have a confession to make: sometimes I complain about something even if I don't really want to change it.

我要忏悔：有时候我总是抱怨，然而我并没有真的打算改变自己。

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And here I have to make a confession.

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"My feeling is that he came forward because he's been in a pretty bad place since the truth has emerged, and the only way that he can rebuild to begin his life is to make a full confession of all the things he did, " Walsh said.

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Piven, age 47, is eager to continue his English adventure as the retailing legend, but has a confession to make: He's no shopaholic.

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