Does this sentence have the following meaning and is it natural?
'His nervousness told the detective he was hiding something.'
What I mean by that is 'Because of his nervousness, the detective knew he was hiding something.'
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Yes, it's perfectly OK and has exactly that meaning.
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Sorry that was my wife. I was thinking if it were a detective story, you would want to say "His fidgeting or quick and irritated answers told the detective he was nervous and probably hiding something".
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Its okay, but the sentence does sound a bit awkward and might interrupt your flow.
You might try more specific, or changing the structure of the sentence, The detective interpreted his anxiety as concealment of something.
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It would be just as ok as
"His nervousness told the detective that he was hiding something."
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