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слово-et, -, -a/-ene* * ** * *subst. word subst. [ løfte] word, promise (bryte sitt ord) break one's word, go back on one's word (el. one's promise), break faith (en mann av få ord) a man of few words (et ord er et ord) a bargain is a bargain; a promise is a promise (gi én sitt ord) give somebody one's word (f.eks. ); pledge oneself (gå fra sitt ord) break one's word, go back (el. renege) on one's word, break faith (hans siste ord) (før døden) his last words, his dying words; (om tilbud) his last word (jeg gir mitt ord) I give you my word! (legg inn et godt ord) put in a word for somebody (leke med ord) play upon words; (med ordspil) pun (med andre ord) in other words (med få ord) in (a) few words (ord for ord) word for word (f.eks. ); verbatim (f.eks.speeches are recorded verbatim
) (strides om ord) quibble, split hairs (stå ved sitt ord) keep one's promise (el. one's word); be as good as one's word (NB his word is (as good as) his bond) (tomme ord) empty (el. idle) words
См. также в других словарях:
keep faith with someone — keep faith with (someone/something) to be loyal to someone or something. It is unusual for any official to keep faith with promises made when trying to win an election … New idioms dictionary
keep faith with something — keep faith with (someone/something) to be loyal to someone or something. It is unusual for any official to keep faith with promises made when trying to win an election … New idioms dictionary
keep faith with — (someone/something) to be loyal to someone or something. It is unusual for any official to keep faith with promises made when trying to win an election … New idioms dictionary
keep faith with something — keep faith with (something/someone) formal to continue to support an idea or person, especially by doing what you promised to do. Has the company kept faith with its promise to invest in training? … New idioms dictionary
keep faith with someone — keep faith with (something/someone) formal to continue to support an idea or person, especially by doing what you promised to do. Has the company kept faith with its promise to invest in training? … New idioms dictionary
keep faith with — (something/someone) formal to continue to support an idea or person, especially by doing what you promised to do. Has the company kept faith with its promise to invest in training? … New idioms dictionary
keep faith — index adhere (maintain loyalty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
keep faith with — BE LOYAL TO, be faithful to, be true to, stand by, stick by, keep one s promise to. → faith * * * keep faith with phrase to continue to support a person or idea even when this is difficult Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
keep faith — phrasal : to observe and live up to one s moral commitments (to something) : show steady loyalty often used with with keep faith with one s religion keep faith with one s children * * * keep faith To act honestly, according to one s promise… … Useful english dictionary
keep faith — Synonyms and related words: abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfill, heed, hold by, keep, keep faith with, keep troth, live up to, make good, meet, not fail, observe … Moby Thesaurus
keep faith with somebody — break/keep faith with sb idiom to break/keep a promise that you have made to sb; to stop/continue being loyal to sb Main entry: ↑faithidiom … Useful english dictionary
