It was meant as a compliment, so I didn't want to tell him that he had missed the point.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I couldn't pick up the final words that he said to me.

He said so, but, to tell the truth, he was unwilling to do it from the first.

No matter what I tell him, it's useless, so I don't interfere anymore.

I did not have the heart to say that.

Now that I have had my say, I feel much better (for it).

I don't like to carry out things exactly as I'm told.

I repeatedly told him to mend his ways, but he wouldn't take my advice.

I would've told you before, but I didn't think you'd understand.

I did not mean anything serious when I said that.

I may have said something like that, but I can't have put it that way.

It was dishonest of you [You were dishonest] not to say so.

A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid.

After a lot of shilly‐shallying [《主に英国で用いられる》 humming and hawing] he at last agreed to come with us.

I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.

Wanting to improve your expressiveness, but not wanting to express it is a contradiction from the beginning.

Didn't I tell you that you didn't need to worry about that?

an act of cancelling what was previously decided or said

I just said so without thinking much about it. I didn't mean anything serious.

I was determined to have my say.

That being the case, I had little to say at that moment.

I should have told the truth. But I couldn't.

I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.

Not knowing what to say, I remained silent.

They are quarreling over whether he said it or not.

His promise never to do it again was hardly out of his mouth when he broke it.

Not knowing what to say, I kept silent.

When it was put that clearly, I was at a loss for a response.

He said not a word, but his eyes spoke volumes.

to cancel what was previously decided or said

I had to bite my tongue at that moment.