1. promise
Eisenhower kept his promise.
He was a writer who had never lived up to the promise of his first novel.
A promise given under a threat is worthless.
Tom agreed to marry that man's daughter with the promise that he'd inherit the man's business.
They promise us the moon, but I suspect we can wait for the fulfillment of those promises till hell freezes over.
I realized one month had passed without my making good my promise.
There are conditions under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
There is no dream of man which atomic power does not promise a chance to attain.
The whole county is favoring critical budget revisions which promise to protect education.
(help) Sarah always promises ... me in the kitchen but she never does.
The promise of permanent employment is almost non-existent today.
You promised me: "we will finish English early."
It was noticed after more than a month that that promise had not been carried out.
Anglais mot "slib"(promise) se produit dans des ensembles:
1000 most important Czech nouns 101 - 1502. vow
Let's make a vow never to mention his name again.
Hamish vowed never to hurt Francesca's feelings again.
They exchanged wedding vows.
We grieve for their victims, and we renew our vow to redeem the sacrifice of those victims.
"Perhaps your servant can speak to the strength of that vow."
He vowed to save the princess.
Bayern Munich boss vows to avenge defeat.
After the awful meals we had last Christmas, I vowed to do more of the cooking myself.
Not for the first time Walter made a vow to be more objective.
make/take your vows
I vowed that I would never gamble again.
Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison and vowed to run in newly announced elections
take a vow of silence
I vowed
With every broken vow, you bring our ideal closer to destruction.
Anglais mot "slib"(vow) se produit dans des ensembles:
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