"thing" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I don't mean to put any composers out of work, but many works that promise great things simply do not need to be written.
- He smiled, and just the smile promised painful, unpleasant things.
- They'd stumbled very eagerly, taken his money, promised impossible things.
- He put himself under the care of a medical man, who promised great things, and made him endure severe bodily pain, without any good results.
- Like explaining about being polite to people, and why you shouldn't promise things without knowing what they are first.
- "I was promised wonderful things if only I would do this film."
- "Lots of people promise things that don't come true," she explained.
- I, too, could promise things, but you expect results that can be seen.
- Those who promise great things do not always match up to their own or anyone else's expectations!
- I learned early on, don't promise things you're not sure you can deliver.
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