im afraid to say this butとは 意味・読み方・使い方

being hesitant to say something

He talks like that, but it is all talk.

too upset to say anything

As matters stand,―As things are,―there is no saying what may happen.

You must not recede from your promise at this time of day―at the eleventh hour.

You must not recede from your promise at the eleventh hour.

to boast on the outside but be truly scared

I ought to have said before that I am one So-and-so.

He talks as if it were true.

He talks just as if he were in earnest.

plain‐spoken

Much might be said on the other side.

I often thought of telling you, but I have refrained from doing so out of respect for you.

to tell the plain truth―tell the naked truth―tell the unvarnished truth

I need not say

It is needless to say

It goes without saying.

You must not say such things at this time of day.

I can also say that.

say yes and no in the same breath

one cannot say such things lightly

it is not work but worry that kills

needless to say

needless to say

needless to say

to say something unclearly

mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned

What I mean is this.

I have simply stated the facts as they are.

I have an indescribable feeling―an indefinable feeling.

I'll say it again

I regret to say

He talks like that, but it is all talk.

I ought to have said before that I am one So-and-so.

I wonder if I can have said so.

You must not recede from your promise at this time of day―at the eleventh hour.

You must not recede from your promise at the eleventh hour.

I just want to say this.

If I say this, you say that

If I say this, you say that

That is all I want to say.

You must not say such things at this time of day.

I often thought of telling you, but I have refrained from doing so out of respect for you.

I certainly will say this.

You must not recede from your promise at this time of day―at the eleventh hour.

I'd been thinking of saying that now.

This is all I must say

It is out of kindness that I say this

What I want to say is this.

This is all I have to say.

This is all I have heard

This is the only thing I have heard.

I will say this in advance...

Sad to say,

I have done nothing I dare not own.

What I mean is this.

Though it may be so, I will not agree to it

It may be so, but I will not agree to it.

Did I not give you repeated warning against it?

That is what I always say.