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A n1 ( undertaking) promesse f ; to make a promise to sb faire une promesse à qn ; to break/keep one's promise manquer à/tenir sa promesse ; they held him to his promise ils lui ont fait tenir sa promesse ; under a promise of secrecy sous la promesse du secret ; ‘I'll come next time!’-‘is that a promise?’ ‘je viendrai la prochaine fois!’-‘c'est promis?’ ;2 ¢ (hope, prospect) espoir m ; there seems little promise of peace il semble qu'il y ait peu d'espoir de paix ; her early life held little promise of her future happiness sa jeunesse ne laissait pas présager de son bonheur futur ; full of Eastern promise plein des charmes de l'Orient ;3 ¢ ( likelihood of success) she shows great promise elle promet beaucoup ; a young writer of promise un jeune écrivain qui promet.B vtr1 ( pledge) to promise sb sth promettre qch à qn ; to promise to do promettre de faire ; she promised me (that) she would come elle m'a promis qu'elle viendrait ; they promised him their support/to do ils lui ont promis leur soutien/de faire ; I can't promise anything je ne peux rien promettre ; as promised comme promis ;2 ( give prospect of) annoncer, promettre ; the clouds promised rain les nuages annonçaient de la pluie ; it promises to be a fine day la journée s'annonce belle ;3 ( assure) assurer ; it won't be easy, I promise you cela ne sera pas facile, je te l'assure ;4 ‡ to be promised in marriage to sb être promis en mariage à qn.C vi1 ( give pledge) promettre ; do you promise? c'est promis? ; I promise je le promets ; but you promised! mais tu avais promis! ;2 fig to promise well [young talent, candidate] être très prometteur ; [result, situation, event] s'annoncer bien ; this doesn't promise well for the future cela ne présage rien de bon pour le futur.to promise sb the earth promettre la lune à qn.
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