promise
/ˈpɹɑmɪs/ sustantivo A2En español: promesa, promisión
- An oath or affirmation; a vow. · When I make a promise, I always stick to it.· I asked him not to, and we all heard his promise that he wouldn't.
- A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to their use.
- Something promised. · That jewelry was a promise to me.
- Reason to expect improvement or success; potential. · His grade are poor, but I see promise in him.· Your claim has little promise in court.
- A placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation.
Plural promises
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But for the sake of the Honor of the Pack,--a little matter that by being without a leader ye have forgotten,--I promise that if ye let the man-cub go to his own place, I will not, when my time comes to die, bare one tooth against ye.
Because I was all but your brother in blood, I promise that when I am a man among men I will not betray ye to men as ye have betrayed me.” He kicked the fire with his foot, and the sparks flew up.
“Promise him many goats.”
Over it, in the stainless southwest sky, a great crystal-white star was shining like a lamp of guidance and promise.
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