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to put it baldly — сказать прямо /напрямик/; говорить без обиняков
to speak without disguise — говорить открыто /прямо/
not to mince matters /one's words/ — говорить прямо, без обиняков
to speak right out — говорить (что-л.) прямо /без обиняков/
to make one's meaning perfectly plain — говорить откровенно /прямо/; @ поставить все точки над «i»
to speak out with no pussyfooting — говорить прямо
to speak straight out — говорить прямо
to talk turkey — (амер.) говорить прямо /начистоту, без обиняков/

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or there's no sense in beating around the bush.

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one has to "fake" it to seem as though they do, when they really don't.

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sex up phrasal verb [T]
to make changes to something, especially a piece of writing, in order to make it seem more significant, exciting or interesting than it originally was
sexed-up adjective

it appears that the BBC may have sexed up the reporting of its allegations that the Government “sexed up” its Iraq report last September. But this interpretation may itself be a sexing up of the situation.’
(The Times, 28th June 2003)
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