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1 pledge
[ple‹] 1. noun1) (a promise: He gave me his pledge.) obljuba2) (something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept until the money etc is returned: He borrowed $20 and left his watch as a pledge.) zastavilo3) (a sign or token: They exchanged rings as a pledge of their love.) jamstvo2. verb1) (to promise: He pledged his support.) obljubiti2) (to give to someone when borrowing money etc: to pledge one's watch.) zastaviti* * *I [pledž]nounjamstvo, poroštvo, zastava, zalog; history talec, porok; obljuba, zaobljuba, obveza; zdravica, napitnica; figuratively dokaz ljubeznipledge of love — otrok, dokaz ljubezniin pledge of — kot jamstvo za; figuratively kot dokaz za; kot znak, dato put in pledge — dati v zalog, zastavitiII [pledž]transitive verbzastaviti, dati v zalog, jamčiti; naložiti dolžnost (to komu), slovesno obljubiti; nazdraviti, napiti komuto pledge o.s. — zaobljubiti se -
2 faith
[feiƟ]1) (trust or belief: She had faith in her ability.) zaupanje2) (religious belief: Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.) vera3) (loyalty to one's promise: to keep/break faith with someone.) obljuba•- faithful- faithfully
- Yours faithfully
- faithfulness
- faithless
- faithlessness
- in all good faith
- in good faith* * *[feim]noun(in) zaupanje; zvestoba; vera, veroizpoved; dana beseda, obljubabad faith — neodkritost, nepoštenost, verolomnostin faith, upon my faith — častna beseda, zaresto break faith with — prelomiti obljubo komu, besedo snestiin good faith — v dobri veri, pošteno, častnoto plight ( —ali pledge) one's faith — dati besedo, obljubitijuridically in faith whereof — v potrdilo česar -
3 health
[helƟ]1) (the state of being well or ill: He is in good/poor health.) zdravje2) (the state of being well: I may be getting old, but so long as I keep my health, I'll be happy.) zdravje•- healthy- healthiness
- health maintenance organization
- health service
- drink to someone's health
- drink someone's health* * *[helm]nounzdravje; zdravica; zdravstvoyour health! — na tvoje zdravje!here is to the health of the host! — na zdravje gostitelju! -
4 hono(u)r
I [ɔnə]nounčast, spoštovanje; dober glas, poštenost, častitost, devištvo; izkazovanje časti; cards najmočnejša karta, slika; (golf) pravica do prvega udarca; plural častni naslovi; plural odlika pri univerzitetnem izpitu; sprejem gostovan affair of hono(u)r — častna zadeva, dvobojcolloquially hono(u)r bright! — častna beseda!, pri moji časti!to do s.o. the hono(u)r of — počastiti koga s čimhono(u)r to whom hono(u)r is due — čast tistemu, ki mu greto have the hono(u)r of ( —ali to) — šteti si v čast, dato put s.o. on his hono(u)r — sklicevati se na čast nekogaeconomy to meet due hono(u)r — izplačati (menico)II [ɔnə]transitive verbspoštovati, izkazati čast, počastiti (with, by s, z); figuratively izpolniti obljubo; economy plačati v roku, plačati dolg, spoštovati pogodbo, priznati menico -
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6 troth
[tróum], American [trɔm]1.nounobsolete(za)obljuba zvestobe, zvestoba, vdanost, privrženost; dana beseda ali (za)obljuba; zarokaby (in, upon) my troth! — pri moji veri!to pledge one's troth — dati (svojo) besedo, priseči večno zvestoboto plight one's troth — zaročiti se;2.transitive verbzaročiti; zastaviti svojo besedo
См. также в других словарях:
pledge — ► NOUN 1) a solemn promise or undertaking. 2) Law a thing that is given as security for the fulfilment of a contract or the payment of a debt and is liable to forfeiture in the event of failure. 3) (the pledge) a solemn undertaking to abstain… … English terms dictionary
pledge — [pledʒ] verb [T] to promise seriously and publicly to do something Syn: promise pledge noun [C] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pledge — 1 / plej/ n 1: a delivery of esp. personal property as security for a debt or other obligation; broadly: the perfection of a security interest in collateral through possession of the collateral by a creditor or other promisee 2 a: property and… … Law dictionary
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pledge of commitment — noun (also upper case) (in Australia) the formal pledge of loyalty to Australia and its people, made by those becoming Australian citizens, in place of the former oath or affirmation of allegiance to the sovereign …
pledge taker — noun a volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive • Hypernyms: ↑volunteer, ↑unpaid worker … Useful english dictionary
pledge — ▪ I. pledge pledge 1 [pledʒ] noun [countable] 1. JOURNALISM a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something: • the President s pledge to make employment his priority 2. LAW … Financial and business terms
pledge — /plɛdʒ / (say plej) noun 1. a solemn promise of something, or to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid. 2. a piece of personal property delivered as security for the payment of a debt or the discharge of some obligation, and liable… …
pledge — pledge1 [ pledʒ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to promise seriously and publicly to do something: PROMISE: pledge support: Britain, France, and Germany were among the countries pledging their support. pledge to do something: He has… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English