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honest English

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What does honest mean?
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honest

If you are honest, you do not hide the truth; you don't lie, cheat, or steal. My parents were quite honest with me about things to do with sex. My father is a very straight, very honest man; everyone trusts him.

honest

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent honest lawyers honest reporting without dissimulation; frank my honest opinion (= dependable, reliable, true) worthy of being depended on a dependable worker an honest working stiff a reliable sourcSFLe of information he was true to his word I would be true for there are those who trust me marked by truth gave honest answers honest reporting (= fair) gained or earned without cheating or stealing an honest wage an fair penny without pretensions worked at an honest trade good honest food (= good) not forged a good dollar bill

Synonyms honest synonyms

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Honest English » English

clean-handed

Topics honest topics

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Examples honest examples

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Simple sentences

I would like to hear your honest opinion.
Tom is an honest boy, so he doesn't tell lies.
I am way too honest for this profession.
I'm going to be honest with you.
Are you really interested in my honest opinion?
It's hard to be honest.
To be honest, I don't like him.
You have been honest with me, so I will be honest with you.
Mary is more honest than Tom.
No honest person goes into politics.
Please be honest with yourselves.
You seem an honest man.
You seem to be an honest man.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
If he had been honest, I would have employed him.
If he had been honest, they would have employed him.
To begin with, you must be honest.
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
He cannot be an honest man to do such a thing.
These letters reveal her to be an honest lady.
The man is anything but honest.
The boy is very honest.
John seems very honest by nature.
We assume that he is honest.
Tom is too honest a boy to tell a lie.
Everyone is not honest.
All the boys are honest.
Don't tell a lie. Be honest.
To be always honest is not easy.
We think of Tom as an honest man.
It seems to me that he is honest.
In my estimation, he is an honest man.

Movie subtitles

Well. to be honest, I've never done it before.
Which I kind of surprised myself at, to be honest.
Cooper, I haven't been honest with you.
Oh, to be honest, no.
I treated him as a friend and, to be honest, a fan.
If I'm being honest with myself, I have been cheating for a while, probably since I decided to pursue a friendship with you, knowing that my feelings were not entirely friendly.
I just think we should be honest on how this is gonna affect us.
You want honest?
A good, clean, honest whack over the 'ead with a brick is one thing...something British about that.
Yeah. - Honest, these cards all look alike.
Honest, I don't.
They insult the poor but honest boy by offering him alimony.
He's leaving her think that he's made an honest success.
I'm an honest businessman, a good husband and a father.
Be honest. If he sees this thing, is he gonna guess what happened?
Well, sure, nothing would beat ending this mess in a peaceful manner, but to be completely honest, I doubt they'll talk to us.
Honest? - I hope so.
Just tell him that no matter what he hears about me and he will hear things that my love for him was honest.
Mrs. Hill. will you give me an honest answer to a straight question?
But I wasn't here, Mr Dickson, honest.
Honest I didn't.
He won't believe me, but it's the truth, honest.
It wasn't her fault, honest it wasn't.
Be honest, kid, you were worried about her finding your porno collection.
PROVES YOU'RE NOT BEING HONEST. JOE. HEY!
The summer has arrived and the crops are ripe-- the fruit of honest labour.
Honest, these cards all look alike.
Honest you would.
Honest, you're making me very unhappy.
I will only see you again when you are honest.
If you are sure of your decision, look for an honest job.
Now that you are honest you should consider seeing Yasue.
You shouldn't be ashamed, it is an honest job.
Honest John Tompkins?

News and current affairs

The election was unanimously judged to be honest and fair by all international observers.
An Honest Man?
His brief is to be the honest broker, the facilitator of a dialogue between government and opposition leaders, particularly Aung San Suu Kyi.
Back then, a peaceful and honest result was reached in the end because Ukraine's President Leonid Kuchma refused to heed Yanukovych's call to use violence to defend his rigged election.
Only when the courage of millions of ordinary Ukrainians gathered in central Kyiv galvanized world opinion did the US and EU marshal the courage to stand up for an honest election result.
Ben Bernanke is, I think, a very good choice for Fed chair because he is so intelligent, honest, pragmatic, and clear-sighted in his vision of the economy.
But, in order to regain and maintain public confidence, governments, regulators, and operators must be transparent about the benefits and risks of nuclear power - and honest when things go wrong.
Evo Morales, the leader of the opposition and of the coca-leaf growers, may be an honest, if misguided, democratic leader, but are his followers untainted by authoritarian desires?
Was it an honest mistake?
Supervised by a blue-ribbon commission of college presidents and distinguished jurists, they have all been honest, fair, and peaceful, with the results accepted by winners and losers.
Ordinary people also dislike honest workers.
One honest babushka once told me that she bought a ticket and tried to board the train.
And that has meant less interest in an honest resolution of the crisis than in avoiding the appearance of being lenient toward Greece.
Hong Kong was never a democracy, but it did have a relatively free press, a relatively honest government, and an independent judiciary - all backed by a democratic government in London.
In the rush to concentrate wealth, for example, majority owners of corporations must not be allowed to harm the interests of minority shareholders, who as a rule are honest common citizens.
Only Europe can play the role of honest broker in the region's atmosphere of suspicion and intolerance.
Both sides owe each other an open and honest dialogue to help realize this outcome.
Treating the state as a house of ill repute makes it difficult for governments to recruit honest, capable individuals.
But this is a way to get honest about what works and what doesn't.
It is extremely difficult for an honest observer to break through the closed doors that separate Chechnya from the rest of the world.

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