英和和英

You would say that.

one act of speech

I thought so

It is expressly stated―explicitly stated.

I knew that.

to speak the truth

I thought so.

to speak out

You have done well in telling me.

That's what I thought.

to say so

I thought as much.

Thinking now was the time, I said...

Though he says so,...

That's well put!―beautifully put!―admirably put!

as I said earlier

the words that one has spoken

I thought about it

to talk apart from the matter in hand

to speak frankly

to speak one's mind

to speak with too much self-pride

This is what I would have said.

Don't take nonsense!

to be at one's beck

I thought so

That's what I was thinking.

I thought so too.

to tell the plain truth 【イディオム・格言的には：】“call a spade a spade”

the words said by a person