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121 многообещающий юноша
1) General subject: a youth of great promise, a youth of high promise, a youth of promise, young hopeful2) Ironical: golden boyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > многообещающий юноша
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122 наобещать с три короба
General subject: (кому-л.) stand Sam to, promise more than one can do, promise more than one means to do, promise the moonУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > наобещать с три короба
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123 отказаться от обещания
1) General subject: go back from one's word, go back upon one's word, welsh on a promise2) Military: retract a promise3) Diplomatic term: scrap the pledge4) Makarov: recant a promiseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отказаться от обещания
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124 пустое обещание
1) General subject: empty promise, scrap, dicer's oath2) Advertising: vain promise3) Business: ineffective promise4) Makarov: a mere scrap of paper, mere scrap of paper, only a scrap of paper -
125 твёрдое обещание
1) General subject: infrangible promise, obligatory promise2) Advertising: unequivocal promise -
126 твердое обещание
1) General subject: infrangible promise, obligatory promise2) Advertising: unequivocal promise -
127 Г-359
ЗОЛОТЫЕ (ЗЛАТЬ1Е) ГОРЫ сулить, обещать и т. п. NP pl only obj or (with verbs in passive) subj fixed WO(to promise s.o.) exaggerated amounts of sth., great riches, everything imaginable: (promise s.o.) the moon (and the stars)(promise s.o.) mountains of gold (a gold mine, the world).Бургонцы и Театр на Болоте, пользуясь тем, что Мольер временно остался без театра, стали сманивать актёров. Они сулили золотые горы мольеровским комедиантам... (Булгаков 5). Taking advantage of the fact that Moliere was temporarily without a theater, the Hdtel de Bourgogne and the Marais did everything they could to tempt his actors away from him. They promised his players mountains of gold (5a).Маляр безнадёжно махнул рукой... и пошёл между койками к двери, истошно выкрикивая на ходу: «Вербовщик, гадёныш, золотые горы сулил, а вышло по семь бумаг на рыло и - крышка!.. Вот-те и заработки!..» (Максимов 3). The painter waved his hand helplessly... and passed between the rows of beds on his way to the door, yelling at the top of his voice as he went. "That rat of an agent promised us a gold mine, and it works out at seventy rubles per head, and that's it....That's what you get when you try to earn a bit!" (3a). -
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БРАТЬ/ВЗЯТЬ СЛОВО2 с кого VP subj: human to have s.o. promise or assure one of sth.: X взял слово с Y-a — X made Y promise (swear).Он (Пастернак) поздравляет и отдает мне экземпляр пьесы, взяв слово, что я верну его ему... (Гладков 1). Не (Pasternak) congratulated me and gave me back the play, after making me promise to return it... (1a)....Бабушка взяла с дяди Миши слово ничего не говорить родным (Рыбаков 1)....(Grandmother) made Misha swear not to tell the others a word (1a).Взяв с Пьера честное слово молчать обо всем, что он узнает, Марья Дмитриевна сообщила ему, что Наташа отказала своему жениху без ведома родителей... (Толстой 5). ( context transl)...Having exacted from Pierre his word of honor that he would not repeat anything she told him, Marya Dmitrievna informed him that Natasha had broken her engagement with Prince Andrei without her parents'knowledge... (5a).
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