They dare not tell the truth.

他们不敢说实话。

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We could see he dared not tell the truth.

我们能看出来他不敢说实话。

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She did not feel under any obligation to tell him the truth.

她觉得没有义务告诉他实情。

《牛津词典》

The problem is that "lie" also means to not tell the truth, as in "I lied to my mother."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

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“

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

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

But he did not tell the truth.

CNN: Transcript: Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing

There is little value in asking directly because people tend not to tell the truth, he said, so tracking sharing shows what people are actually reading, not what they want you to think they are reading.

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Unfortunately, managers do not always tell the truth to their pension clients about brokerage matters.

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