●吐露秘密

　　说实话……

　　As a matter of fact, ...

　　Who won the golf tournament? (那场高尔夫球比赛谁赢了?)

　　Well, as a matter of fact, I did. (其实，是我赢了。)

　　Actually, ...

　　To be honest, ...

　　To be frank, ...

　　Frankly speaking, ...

　　Truthfully, ... (老实说……)

　　In all actuality, ... (实际上，……) *正式的说法。

　　别告诉任何人。

　　Don't tell anyone.

　　Don't tell anyone. (别告诉任何人。)

　　I won't. (我不会的。)

　　Keep it under your hat. *一种惯用说法。

　　我有件事要坦白。

　　I have a confession. *confession “坦白”、“告白”、“供认”。

　　I have something to confess.

　　I need to tell you something. (我有事必须告诉你。)

　　I have a confession to make.

　　我有一个秘密。

　　I have a secret.

　　I'm keeping a secret.

　　我把一切告诉你。

　　I'll fill you in. *fill...in“填满……”、“把……装满”。

　　So, what happened to my father? (那，我父亲出了什么事情?)

　　I'll fill you in. (我把一切告诉你。)

　　I'll tell you all about it.

　　I'll explain everything.

　　I'll tell you all the details.

　　我就直说吧。

　　I'll level with you. *level 表示“把……弄平”，但在这儿表示“说话不拐弯，直说”。

　　Quit lying to me! (不要对我说谎话。)

　　All right. I'll level with you. (好吧，我就直说吧。)

　　I'll tell you frankly.

　　I'll be frank with you.

　　I'll be open and sincere with you.

　　I'll tell you the truth. (我告诉你真相。)

　　我知道的大概就是这些。

　　That is about all I know.

　　What else do you know? (其他你还知道些什么?)

　　That is about all I know. (我知道的大概就是这些。)

　　I don't know anything else about it.

　　That's all I know.