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Meanings of simple truth in English

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Usage of simple truth in English
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Maybe the simple truth is that they can't really afford that home.
Ebony
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Disgust follows the feeling; must he accord admiration for the simple truth?
Night Shift
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John, I told the simple truth, whether you believe me or not.
The Door Into Summer
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There was no cunning in the speech: it was the simple truth.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12...
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The simple truth about economic growth merits repeating: it cures all ills.
The Irish Times
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In simple truth, she is the only absolute sovereign in all Christendom.
Christian Science
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In the last short illness, her conduct in simple truth was angelic.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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The simple truth of the matter is we are two different sexes.
Reuters
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As once before, Maxwell was silent in the presence of simple truth.
Many Kingdoms
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The best defence that I can make is just the simple truth.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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But no one else in the world would believe that simple truth.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
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For a minute he stared at her, then told the simple truth.
To the blight: the eye of the world
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All your criticisms and approvals are in simple truth invaluable to me.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
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The last two lines are simple truth as well as the rest.
Cowper
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It would seem so, and yet I am speaking the simple truth.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 08
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In this, my lords, my noble friend spoke but the simple truth.
Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Welli...
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