CONFESS

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confess verb A. tranzitiv

1. a mărturisi, a recunoaşte, a admite, a nu tăgădui, a da în vileag, a anunţa în public (o vinovăţie, datorie etc.);

I confess my fault îmi recunosc grreşeala;

he confesses that he did it recunoaşte că a făcut asta;

I confess I was most pleased (trebuie să) mărturisesc că am fost încântat.

2. (bis.) a(-şi) mărturisi (păcatele); (despre preot) a spovedi pe cineva, a asculta spovedania (cuiva).

3. (poetic) a atesta, a arăta, a dovedi, a indica, a mărturisi, a revela, a trăda; a vesti;

this work confesses the hand of the master această operă trădează o mână de maestru;

tall trees confessed the fertility of the soil copacii înalţi atestau / dovedeau fertilitatea pământului.

4. a recunoaşte adevărul (unui lucru, unui argument).

5. a recunoaşte, a-şi afirma credinţa în.

confess verb B. intranzitiv

1. a face mărturisiri, a se dastăinui, a face declaraţii, a mărturisi.

2. (bis.) a se spovedi, a se confesa.

3. a concede, a recunoaşte, a se da bătut.

4. to confess to a mărturisi, a recunoaşte;

I confess to doing it recunosc că am făcut-o;

I confess to a dread of spiders mărturisesc că mi-e frică de păianjeni.

My final shot was, I confess a very long one.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I confess it all. It was I who killed the young man.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I don't wish to make you vain, but I must confess that I'm prouder of my handsome husband than of all his money.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Then I must confess that I don't know what it is.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Without shame, I confess that it was I who turned and footed it.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I saw nothing remarkable save the bell-rope, and what purpose that could answer I confess is more than I can imagine.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"No, I do not know," I confessed.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

I am free to confess that if it could be done, it might be well, but— And Miss Mills shook her head.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Never mind: I came here to inquire, not to confess.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

I confessed that I had not.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)