To tell you the truth

to [tu,tə]

prep. 向，朝着;到;关于;属于; adv. 朝一个方向的;到某种状态;关闭;

tell [tel]

vt. 告诉，说;辨别;吩咐;讲述; vt.& vi. 分辨，辨别;告诉，吩咐;泄漏;保证; vi. 泄密，告发;（颜色、声音等）显示;识别; n. [考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩;[方言]讲的话;谈话;传闻;

you [ju]

pron. 你;你们，您们;各位;大家;

the [ðə]

art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;

truth [trʊθ]

n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;

tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理

I lost a whole day's work.

我丢掉一整天的工作成果。

Don't give up.

不要放弃。

On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;

那天晚上在回家的路上，我低头一看，发现项链不再挂在我的脖子上了。我告诉了比尔。我们马上赶回王宫去寻找。我们询问了那儿的每一个人，问他们是不是拾到了一条项链。可是，真倒霉。我们找不到那条项链；它丢失了。