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earnest, faithful ☊
trung thực ☊
诚实 → ☊
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honest; honesty; honorable; truthful ☊
Trung thực ☊
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trung thành chung thủy trung thực
faithful
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trung thành chung thủy trung thực
faithfully
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lương thiện trung thực chân thật
honest
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lương thiện trung thực chân thật
honestly
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honest ☊
trung thực ☊ Adjectives 1
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He has acquired a reputation for dishonesty. ☊ acquire ☊
He answered as truthfully as he could. ☊ answer ☊
The 'h' in honest is silent, as in 'hour'. ☊ as ☊
Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas. ☊ dishonest ☊
I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise. ☊ dishonest ☊
He was accused of dishonestly obtaining property. ☊ dishonestly ☊
find (that)...: I find (that) it pays to be honest. ☊ find ☊
We had to fire him for dishonesty. ☊ fire ☊
The movie follows the book faithfully. ☊ follow ☊
an honest man/woman ☊ honest ☊
an honest answer ☊ honest ☊
honest (about sth): Are you being completely honest about your feelings? ☊ honest ☊
honest (with sb): Thank you for being so honest with me. ☊ honest ☊
The meeting was described as 'a frank and honest exchange of views'. ☊ honest ☊
Let's be honest, she's only interested in Mike because of his money. ☊ honest ☊
She's got an honest face. ☊ honest ☊
Honestly, you're impossible at times! ☊ impossible ☊
know sb/sth to be/do sth: We know her to be honest. ☊ know ☊
'Honesty'? He doesn't know the meaning of the word! ☊ meaning ☊
You owe it to your staff to be honest with them. ☊ owe ☊
Honestly, I'm past caring what happens (= I can no longer be bothered to care). ☊ past ☊
To be perfectly honest, I didn't want to go anyway. ☊ perfectly ☊
personal qualities such as honesty and generosity ☊ quality ☊
Questions remain about the president's honesty. ☊ remain ☊
You have a very suspicious mind (= you always think that people are behaving in an illegal or dishonest way). ☊ suspicious ☊
teach (sb) that...: My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy. ☊ teach ☊
They don't seem to value honesty very highly. ☊ value ☊