"promise" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

promise sustantivo

sustantivo + promise

Kolokacji: 7

campaign promise • election promise • Government promise • promise of life • Scout Promise • ...

promise + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 3

Promise Keeper • Promise Ring • Promise Land

promise + verbo

Kolokacji: 15

promise makes • promise comes • promise keeps • promise proves • promise seems • ...

verbo + promise

Kolokacji: 40

show promise • hold promise • make promises • give promise • keep one's promise • break one's promise • fulfil one's promise • ...

adjetivo + promise

Kolokacji: 89

great promise • broken promise • early promise • empty promise • false promise • vague promise • solemn promise • ...

colocaciones frecuentes

Kolokacji: 8

collocations grouped by meanings

Grup znaczeniowych: 26

(1) great, considerable, big, enormous, tremendous, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(2) broken, contractual, glowing

Kolokacji: 3

(3) early, future, previous, old, youthful, ...

Kolokacji: 7

(4) empty, hollow

Kolokacji: 2

(5) false, political, academic, unrealistic, wild, ...

Kolokacji: 8

(6) vague, faint

Kolokacji: 2

(7) solemn, real

Kolokacji: 2

(8) unfulfilled, economic, financial, easy

Kolokacji: 4

(9) similar, verbal, oral

Kolokacji: 3

(10) implicit, explicit, unspoken, definite, silent, ...

Kolokacji: 6

(11) bright, rosy

Kolokacji: 2

(12) new, initial, original, American

Kolokacji: 4

(13) specific, exceptional, particular, extraordinary, sweeping

Kolokacji: 5

(14) extravagant, lavish

Kolokacji: 2

1. extravagant promise = przesadna obietnica extravagant promise

2. lavish promise = hojna obietnica lavish promise

The answers are to be found in the same 1979 manifesto which, Mrs Thatcher warned, contained 'no lavish promises'.
Thatcher: 'No lavish promises'
Churchill made lavish promises of military help (code-named operation 'Hardihood').
Moreover a blunt and stolid regard for literal truth indisposes them to make those lavish promises by which the more judicious Circle can in a moment pacify his consort.
But later he had regained their good-will by more lenient treatment and lavish promises of booty; they fought with enthusiasm and gained a complete victory.
The fact is, he brings a latecomer's cagey skepticism and ambivalence to the lavish promises of his trade.
And some of the Hollywood studios showed up with previews, lush praise, lavish promises and a few celebrities on leashes.
Thus, assuring sellers that the broker can produce a truly appealing color brochure could mean more than lavish promises of display advertising in the most exclusive magazines.
The Lib Dems can likewise forget about making any lavish promises in their next manifesto.
Three months ago, mindful of rising Iraqi frustration over the slow pace of change, Mr. Bremer made lavish promises that have only partly been met.

(15) greatest, grand, lofty, grandiose

Kolokacji: 4

(16) electoral, pre-election, major

Kolokacji: 3

(17) bold, rash

Kolokacji: 2

(18) mere, simple

Kolokacji: 2

(19) firm, long-standing

Kolokacji: 2

(20) sweet, tantalizing, public

Kolokacji: 3

(21) utopian, official

Kolokacji: 2

(22) long-term, longstanding

Kolokacji: 2

(23) endless, infinite, election-year, eternal

Kolokacji: 4

(24) sensual, erotic, seductive

Kolokacji: 3

(25) divine, sacred

Kolokacji: 2

(26) conditional, unconditional

Kolokacji: 2

preposición + promise

Kolokacji: 19

despite promises • of promise • on one's promise • to one's promise • in one's promise • ...

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