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VOW
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Traducere în limba română
vow I. substantiv
jurământ, legământ, promisiune, făgăduială;
monastic vows jurăminte monahice / monastice, recluziune;
to take the vows a face jurăminte Domnului, a se călugări;
to make a vow a se jura, a face legământ;
to be under a vow to do smth. a fi legat prin jurământ să faci ceva;
to break a vow a(-şi) călca un jurământ;
to keep a vow a-şi ţine un jurământ, a rămâne credincios unui jurământ.
vow II. verb A. tranzitiv
1. a jura, a se lega să;
to vow obedience a jura ascultare;
to vow vengeance against smb. a jura cuiva răzbunare;
(înv. glumeţ) to vow a vow a face legământ / jurământ.
2. (înv.) a afirma, a declara;
she vowed that she was delighted s-a declarat încântată.
vow II. verb B. intranzitiv
a jura, a face jurăminte, a se lega;
to vow and protest a se jura pe toţi dumnezeii.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“It is my vow,” said Sir Nigel shortly.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Kings, I vow!
(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)
On which, friend, we vowed that we should settle the point when next we came together.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A true knight would never have asked, but would have vowed upon the instant.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is said, my fair lord, that none know his name save only the Lord Chandos, and that he is under vow not to speak it.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“A vow is a vow, and not lightly to be broken.”
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And as a token I vow that I will not take this patch from my eye until I have seen something of this country of Spain, and done such a small deed as it lies in me to do.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ha! yes, mes garcons, you laugh, but, by my hilt! you may not laugh when you find yourselves where he will take you, for you can never tell what strange vow he may not have sworn to.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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