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promise

['prɔmɪs] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. обещание
2. перспектива, проекция
3. то, что обещано, обещанное
гл.
1. обещать, давать обещание
2. разг.; уст. уверять
3. 1. подавать надежды
  2. сулить, предвещать, быть знаком (чего-л.)
4. обещать руку и сердце, обручиться

Law (En-Ru)

promise

обещание; договорная обязанность (касающаяся будущих действий обязанного лица) | обещать; обязываться

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And yet the Independents even succeeded in “seizing power”, a thing which the Russian Blanquists as yet only promise to do.
А ведь индепендентам удалось даже «захватить власть», что пока только обещают сделать русские бланкисты.
Плеханов, Г. В. / Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. ЛавровуPlekhanov, G. V. / Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Our Differences. Letter to P. L. Lavrov
Plekhanov, G. V.
Наши разногласия. Письмо к П. Л. Лаврову
Плеханов, Г. В.
© Государственное издательство политической литературы, 1949 г.

I happen to be able to promise you that a watch shall be kept upon that false accuser, Riderhood.
Случайные обстоятельства позволяют мне дать вам слово, что за Райдергудом, который оклеветал вашего отца, будет вестись слежка.
Dickens, Charles / Our Mutual FriendДиккенс, Чарльз / Наш общий друг
Наш общий друг
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Государственное издательство художественной литературы, 1960
Our Mutual Friend
Dickens, Charles
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1997

Their release should be unconditional and they should not be made to promise to refrain from any (peaceful) political activity after release.
Их освобождение должно быть безусловным. С них не следует брать обещание воздерживаться от какой-либо (мирной) политической деятельности после освобождения.
© Организация Объединенных Наций, 2010 год
http://www.un.org/ 24.09.2010
© United Nations 2010
http://www.un.org/ 24.09.2010

They will promise you anything. Follow their advice, accept their gifts, and your soul will grow bitter.
Оно пообещает тебе все, что ты захочешь, но, как только ты примешь его дары, твоя душа тотчас же наполнится желчью.
De Lint, Charles / The Little CountryДе Линт, Чарльз / Маленькая страна
Маленькая страна
Де Линт, Чарльз
The Little Country
De Lint, Charles
© 1991 by Charles de Lint

He reflected that if he and Butler and Mollenhauer could get together and promise Cowperwood protection in return for the surrender of his street-railway holdings it would be a very different matter.
Правда, мелькнуло у него в уме, существует неплохой выход: он, Батлер и Молленхауэр объединяются и оказывают Каупервуду поддержку, в благодарность за что тот уступает им все свои акции конных железных дорог.
Dreiser, Theodore / The FinancierДрайзер, Теодор / Финансист
Финансист
Драйзер, Теодор
© Издательство "Правда", 1980
The Financier
Dreiser, Theodore
© 2008 by Seven Treasures Publications

Faithful to her promise, she either came to see me, or met me somewhere near, once every week, and never empty-handed; but many and bitter were the disappointments I had, in being refused permission to pay a visit to her at her house.
Строго блюдя свое обещание, она раз в неделю являлась проведать меня или встречалась со мной где-нибудь неподалеку от дома и никогда не приходила с пустыми реками. Но сколько раз я испытывал горькое разочарование, когда мне не разрешали ее посетить!
Dickens, Charles / David CopperfieldДиккенс, Чарльз / Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1959
David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles
© CRW Publishing Limited 2004

Red Cloud listened to the talk, but advised the young men to be patient; he was sure the Great Father would keep his promise and send soldiers to drive out the miners.
Красное Облако слушал эти речи, однако советовал юношам запастись терпением. Он был уверен, что Великий Отец будет верен своему обещанию и пришлет солдат, чтобы изгнать старателей.
Brown , Dee / Bury my Heart at Wounded KneeБраун, Ди / Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Браун, Ди
© Издательство "Прогресс", 1984
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Brown , Dee
© 1970 by Dee Brown

Totski was dreadfully alarmed to hear her promise a revelation out of her own life.
Афанасий Иванович испугался вдвое, услышав про обещание рассказа.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.

His teeth clenched, grimly he stared down into the depths so sharply angled, so smooth in the promise of madly swift passage to the distant, steel-hard bottom.
Он сжал зубы и снова заглянул в туннель, где на дне стальной пушки готовился к старту гигантский снаряд.
Van Vogt, Alfred Elton / SlanВан Вогт, Альфред Элтон / Слан
Слан
Ван Вогт, Альфред Элтон
© 1968 by A.E. van Vogt
© Перевод. К.Кузнецов, А.Григорьев, Б. Жужунава, 2006
© Издание на русском языке. ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2006
Slan
Van Vogt, Alfred Elton
© 1940, 1945, 1951, 1968 by A. E. van Vogt

But you will promise?
Но вы обещаетесь?
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979

You promise, Jason?" she says, and me feeling her eyes almost like they were touching my face.
Так обещаешь, Джейсон? — говорит и глазами прямо жжет мне лицо.
Faulkner, William / The Sound and the FuryФолкнер, Уильям / Шум и ярость
Шум и ярость
Фолкнер, Уильям
© О. Сорока (наследник), перевод, 1973
© "Азбука-классика", 2006
The Sound and the Fury
Faulkner, William
© 1984 by Jill Faulkner Summers

The resolve was firmly implanted in him by the time he reached Penarrow, and he felt himself uplifted by it and by the promise it afforded him that thus his future happiness would be assured.
Когда сэр Оливер подъезжал к Пенарроу, он уже окончательно утвердился в своем решении. От этого, равно как и от уверенности в том, что подобные действия послужат надежной гарантией будущего счастья, настроение его значительно улучшилось.
Sabatini, Rafael / The Sea-HawkСабатини, Рафаэль / Морской ястреб
Морской ястреб
Сабатини, Рафаэль
© Тихонов Н Н., наследники, 2008
© ООО "Издательский дом «Вече», 2008
The Sea-Hawk
Sabatini, Rafael
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

'I promise not to torment you too much.
- Обещаюсь не слишком томить вас.
Turgenev, I.S. / The Torrents of SpringТургенев, И.С. / Вешние воды
Вешние воды
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1978
The Torrents of Spring
Turgenev, I.S.
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

'Then,' said the doctor impetuously, 'I put it to you again, whether you think it reasonable that this promise to the girl should be considered binding; a promise made with the best and kindest intentions, but really-'
— В таком случае, — с жаром заговорил доктор, — я спрашиваю вас снова: полагаете ли вы, что мы связаны обещанием, которое дали девушке? Обещание было дано с самыми лучшими и добрыми намерениями, но, право же…
Диккенс, Чарльз / Приключения Оливера ТвистаDickens, Charles / Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Dickens, Charles
© 1990 by Random House, Inc.
Приключения Оливера Твиста
Диккенс, Чарльз
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1958

I gave him the promise he required; but at the same time protested, "that I would suffer the greatest hardships, rather than return to live among YAHOOS."
Я дал требуемое им обещание, но заявил при этом, что готов претерпеть самые тяжкие бедствия, лишь бы только не возвращаться в общество еху.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan

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'prɔmɪsNounобещаниеExamples

to give / make a promise — обещать
to keep a promise — сдержать обещание
to go back on a promise — отказаться от обещания
to break a promise — нарушить обещание
to fulfill a promise — сдержать обещание, исполнять обещанное
to renege on / repudiate a promise — отказываться от обязательства
She made a promise to write every week. — Она обещала писать каждую неделю.
They kept their promise that the debt would be repaid promptly. — Они сдержали слово и выплатили долг вовремя.

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обещание;обещать
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обещать
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обещаю
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обещать/обещание
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обещание
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Collocations

binding promise

обязывающее обещание

breach of promise

нарушение данного слова

breach of promise

нарушение обещания

breach of promise

нарушение слова

break a promise

нарушать обещание

broken promise

нарушенное обещание

campaign promise

обещания, даваемые политиком во время избирательной кампании

collateral promise

дополнительные договорные обязательства

conditional promise

обязанность, принятая на условиях

conditional promise

обязательство

conditional promise

принятое на каких-либо условиях

empty promise

пустое обещание

false promise

лживое обещание

firm promise

твердое обещание

fulfil a promise

выполнять обещание

Word forms

promise

verb

Basic forms
Past	promised
Imperative	promise
Present Participle (Participle I)	promising
Past Participle (Participle II)	promised

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I promise	we promise
you promise	you promise
he/she/it promises	they promise

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am promising	we are promising
you are promising	you are promising
he/she/it is promising	they are promising

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have promised	we have promised
you have promised	you have promised
he/she/it has promised	they have promised

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been promising	we have been promising
you have been promising	you have been promising
he/she/it has been promising	they have been promising

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I promised	we promised
you promised	you promised
he/she/it promised	they promised

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was promising	we were promising
you were promising	you were promising
he/she/it was promising	they were promising

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had promised	we had promised
you had promised	you had promised
he/she/it had promised	they had promised

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been promising	we had been promising
you had been promising	you had been promising
he/she/it had been promising	they had been promising

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will promise	we shall/will promise
you will promise	you will promise
he/she/it will promise	they will promise

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be promising	we shall/will be promising
you will be promising	you will be promising
he/she/it will be promising	they will be promising

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have promised	we shall/will have promised
you will have promised	you will have promised
he/she/it will have promised	they will have promised

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been promising	we shall/will have been promising
you will have been promising	you will have been promising
he/she/it will have been promising	they will have been promising

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would promise	we should/would promise
you would promise	you would promise
he/she/it would promise	they would promise

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be promising	we should/would be promising
you would be promising	you would be promising
he/she/it would be promising	they would be promising

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have promised	we should/would have promised
you would have promised	you would have promised
he/she/it would have promised	they would have promised

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been promising	we should/would have been promising
you would have been promising	you would have been promising
he/she/it would have been promising	they would have been promising

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am promised	we are promised
you are promised	you are promised
he/she/it is promised	they are promised

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being promised	we are being promised
you are being promised	you are being promised
he/she/it is being promised	they are being promised

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been promised	we have been promised
you have been promised	you have been promised
he/she/it has been promised	they have been promised

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was promised	we were promised
you were promised	you were promised
he/she/it was promised	they were promised

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being promised	we were being promised
you were being promised	you were being promised
he/she/it was being promised	they were being promised

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been promised	we had been promised
you had been promised	you had been promised
he/she/it had been promised	they had been promised

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be promised	we shall/will be promised
you will be promised	you will be promised
he/she/it will be promised	they will be promised

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been promised	we shall/will have been promised
you will have been promised	you will have been promised
he/she/it will have been promised	they will have been promised

promise

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	promise	promises
Possessive case	promise's	promises'

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