It's a good film but contains little historical truth
divine
QUANT
element, grain
There may have been a grain of truth in what he said
VERB + TRUTH
know
So now you know the truth. If the truth be known, I was afraid to tell anyone
admit, speak, tell (sb)
He was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court. I'm sure she's telling the truth. To tell you the truth, I'm rather dreading his return
establish, discover, find out, get at, learn, reveal, uncover
She was determined to discover the truth about her neighbours. The journalist protested that he was only trying to get at the truth
guess
accept, acknowledge, face (up to)
doubt
The police doubt the truth of his statement
conceal, cover up, hide, suppress
You've been hiding the truth from me!
TRUTH + VERB
be, lie
We are examining the matter to see where the truth lies
come out, emerge
Towards the end of the letter the cruel truth emerged
dawn on sb
The awful truth suddenly dawned on her
PREP
in ~
She laughed and chatted but was, in truth (= in fact) , not having much fun
~ about
finding out the truth about her husband
~ behind
What's the truth behind all the gossip?
~ in
There is no truth in the rumour
PHRASES
be economical with the truth (= not to tell the whole truth), nothing could be further from the truth
I know you think she's mean, but nothing could be further from the truth
the quest/search for (the) truth, a ring of truth
His explanation has a ring of truth to it
a seeker after truth
(literary) seekers after divine truth
the truth of the matter
The truth of the matter is we can't afford to keep all the staff on
the truth will out
(saying) (= People will find out the true facts of a situation even if you try to keep them secret.)