"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 26
(2) broken, contractual, glowing
Kolokacji: 3
(4) empty, hollow
Kolokacji: 2
(6) vague, faint
Kolokacji: 2
(7) solemn, real
Kolokacji: 2
(9) similar, verbal, oral
Kolokacji: 3
(11) bright, rosy
Kolokacji: 2
(14) extravagant, lavish
Kolokacji: 2
(16) electoral, pre-election, major
Kolokacji: 3
(17) bold, rash
Kolokacji: 2
(18) mere, simple
Kolokacji: 2
(19) firm, long-standing
Kolokacji: 2
1. firm promise = twarda obietnica firm promise
  • We had firm promises from members of the Board totalling about four thousand pounds.
  • The proprietor departed with a firm promise to see to it.
  • Friends and opponents alike say they are generally pleased, but some say his pace may be too slow after such firm promises.
  • And when he made answer it was a firm promise.
  • We shall come-" It was a firm promise, standing as a sworn oath.
  • What he got was the button I had removed from the overalls and a firm promise to tell him the source when circumstances permitted.
  • A firm promise to spend an afternoon with me again.
  • But, at the very least, he makes a firm promise of naval and logistical support.
  • I cannot give you a firm promise that this is the turning point.
  • I brought my children's cat on the firm promise that it would not be harmed.
(20) sweet, tantalizing, public
Kolokacji: 3
(21) utopian, official
Kolokacji: 2
(22) long-term, longstanding
Kolokacji: 2
(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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