To be honest, I never meant to keep my being a crime writer a secret or anything, and my friends have always known.

说实话，我从来没有想过要把我作为犯罪小说作家的身份保密，我的朋友们一直都知道这一点。

youdao

As for me, I did not want to give up my football shirts. However, to be honest, I have not played football for a while.

至于我，我不想放弃我的足球衫。但是，说实话，我已经有一段时间没有踢球了。

youdao

I have to be honest, when you told us we had to write about a furniture company, it didn't sound like the kind of thing that would interest me, but since then, I've changed my mind.

我必须诚实地说，当你告诉我们要写一家家具公司时，它听起来并不是我会感兴趣的那类东西，但从那以后，我改变了主意。

youdao

My goal here is to be honest with you, right?

我的目标就是诚实的面对你们，对么？

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Despite my fears, what I find during this post incarceration era is that I can be honest with my kids about my own failings and help them prepare for the curves life will surely throw them.

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In fact, I would expect a person in my network to be honest with me, as I have with my network, to inform when skills are becoming irrelevant.

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To be honest if my wife was here she would have done the same.

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