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promise ['prɒmɪs]1 noun∎ to make or to give sb a promise faire une promesse à qn, donner sa parole à qn;∎ to keep a promise respecter ou tenir une promesse;∎ she always keeps her promises elle tient toujours ses promesses, elle tient toujours (sa) parole;∎ don't make promises if you can't keep them on ne fait pas de promesses quand on ne peut pas les tenir;∎ I'm not making any promises but I'll try my best je ne promets rien, mais je ferai de mon mieux;∎ I kept or held him to his promise j'ai fait en sorte qu'il tienne parole;∎ to break one's promise manquer à sa parole, ne pas tenir ses promesses;∎ these are empty promises ce sont de vaines promesses;∎ a promise of help une promesse d'assistance;∎ to hold out the promise of sth to sb laisser espérer qch à qn, faire miroiter qch à qn;∎ he did it under (the) promise of a Parliamentary seat il l'a fait parce qu'on lui a promis un siège de député;∎ I'm under a promise of secrecy j'ai promis de garder le secret ou de ne rien dire;∎ a promise is a promise chose promise, chose due;∎ promises, promises! toujours des promesses!(b) (potential) promesse f;∎ she is full of promise, she shows promise elle est pleine de promesse ou promesses;∎ an artist of promise un artiste qui promet;∎ a young man with every promise of a brilliant future un jeune homme promis à un brillant avenir∎ to promise sth to sb, to promise sb sth promettre qch à qn;∎ to promise (sb) to do sth promettre (à qn) de faire qch;∎ I can't promise (you) anything je ne peux rien vous promettre;∎ he promised himself a good meal il se promit mentalement de faire un bon repas;∎ she promised him (that) she would come elle lui a promis de venir ou qu'elle viendrait;∎ you'll get into trouble, I promise you! tu auras des ennuis, je te le promets ou tu verras ce que je te dis!;∎ the weather forecast promised us three days of good weather la météo nous a promis ou annoncé trois jours de beau temps(b) (indicate) promettre, annoncer;∎ it promises to be hot today le temps promet d'être ou s'annonce chaud aujourd'hui;∎ the clouds promised a thunderstorm les nuages annonçaient de l'orage;∎ next week already promises to be difficult la semaine prochaine promet déjà d'être difficile ou s'annonce déjà difficile∎ she was promised to the King's son at birth dès sa naissance, elle fut promise au fils du roi∎ he wanted to come but he couldn't promise il espérait pouvoir venir mais ne pouvait rien promettre;∎ I'll wait for you - (do you) promise? je t'attendrai - tu le promets? ou promis?;∎ OK, I promise! d'accord, c'est promis!;∎ but you promised! mais tu avais promis!(b) to promise well (enterprise) promettre, s'annoncer bien; (person) être prometteur ou plein de promesses; (results, harvest, negotiations) s'annoncer bien;∎ his first article promises well son premier article promet ou est prometteur►► American Religion Promise Keepers = mouvement intégriste chrétien américain exclusivement composé d'hommes;Bible & figurative Promised Land Terre f promise
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