Long promised to introduce him.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "I believe, ma'am, I may safely promise you never to dance with him.<>
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The apothecary came, and havingexamined his patient, said, as might be supposed, that she had caughta violent cold, and that they must endeavour to get the better of it;advised her to return to bed, and promised her some draughts.<>
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The two girls had been whispering toeach other during the whole visit, and the result of it was, that theyoungest should tax Mr. Bingley with having promised on his first cominginto the country to give a ball at Netherfield.<>
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She was veryequal, therefore, to address Mr. Bingley on the subject of the ball, andabruptly reminded him of his promise; adding, that it would be the mostshameful thing in the world if he did not keep it.<>
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There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in hisletter, which promises well.<>
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Bennet and her daughters apologised most civilly for Lydia'sinterruption, and promised that it should not occur again, if he wouldresume his book; but Mr. Collins, after assuring them that he bore hisyoung cousin no ill-will, and should never resent her behaviour as anyaffront, seated himself at another table with Mr. Bennet, and preparedfor backgammon.<>
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" Some of them were to dine with the Phillipsesthe next day, and their aunt promised to make her husband call on Mr.Wickham, and give him an invitation also, if the family from Longbournwould come in the evening.<>
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Mr. Darcy often acknowledged himself tobe under the greatest obligations to my father's active superintendence,and when, immediately before my father's death, Mr. Darcy gave him avoluntary promise of providing for me, I am convinced that he felt it tobe as much a debt of gratitude to him, as of his affection to myself.<>
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My dearest Lizzy, do but consider in what a disgraceful lightit places Mr. Darcy, to be treating his father's favourite in sucha manner, one whom his father had promised to provide for.<>
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It was, moreover, such a promising thing for her youngerdaughters, as Jane's marrying so greatly must throw them in the way ofother rich men; and lastly, it was so pleasant at her time of life to beable to consign her single daughters to the care of their sister, thatshe might not be obliged to go into company more than she liked.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "What do you mean, Mr. Bennet, in talking this way? You promised me toinsist upon her marrying him.<>
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A promise of secrecy was of course verydutifully given, but it could not be kept without difficulty; for thecuriosity excited by his long absence burst forth in such very directquestions on his return as required some ingenuity to evade, and he wasat the same time exercising great self-denial, for he was longing topublish his prosperous love.<>
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The promisedletter of thanks from Mr. Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed totheir father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which atwelvemonth's abode in the family might have prompted.<>
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He took leave of hisrelations at Longbourn with as much solemnity as before; wished his faircousins health and happiness again, and promised their father anotherletter of thanks.<>
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Pray, how violent was Mr. Bingley'slove?""I never saw a more promising inclination; he was growing quiteinattentive to other people, and wholly engrossed by her.<>
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In short, my dear aunt, Ishould be very sorry to be the means of making any of you unhappy; butsince we see every day that where there is affection, young peopleare seldom withheld by immediate want of fortune from entering intoengagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so manyof my fellow-creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that itwould be wisdom to resist? All that I can promise you, therefore, is notto be in a hurry.<>
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Gardiner about this time reminded Elizabeth of her promiseconcerning that gentleman, and required information; and Elizabethhad such to send as might rather give contentment to her aunt than toherself.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The only pain was in leaving her father, who would certainly miss her,and who, when it came to the point, so little liked her going, that hetold her to write to him, and almost promised to answer her letter.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The dinner was exceedingly handsome, and there were all the servants andall the articles of plate which Mr. Collins had promised; and, as he hadlikewise foretold, he took his seat at the bottom of the table, by herladyship's desire, and looked as if he felt that life could furnishnothing greater.<>
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Howgrievous then was the thought that, of a situation so desirable in everyrespect, so replete with advantage, so promising for happiness, Jane hadbeen deprived, by the folly and indecorum of her own family!When to these recollections was added the development of Wickham'scharacter, it may be easily believed that the happy spirits which hadseldom been depressed before, were now so much affected as to make italmost impossible for her to appear tolerably cheerful.<>
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Forster promised to have a little dance in theevening; (by the bye, Mrs.<>
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Upon the whole, therefore, she found, whathas been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had beenlooking with impatient desire did not, in taking place, bring all thesatisfaction she had promised herself.<>
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A scheme of which every part promises delight cannever be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off bythe defence of some little peculiar vexation.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) When Lydia went away she promised to write very often and very minutelyto her mother and Kitty; but her letters were always long expected, andalways very short.<>
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Bennetwas restored to her usual querulous serenity; and, by the middle ofJune, Kitty was so much recovered as to be able to enter Meryton withouttears; an event of such happy promise as to make Elizabeth hope that bythe following Christmas she might be so tolerably reasonable as not tomention an officer above once a day, unless, by some cruel and maliciousarrangement at the War Office, another regiment should be quartered inMeryton.<>
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Not Lydia only, but all were concerned in it; and after thefirst exclamations of surprise and horror, Mr. Gardiner promised everyassistance in his power.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) When he was gone, they were certain at least of receiving constantinformation of what was going on, and their uncle promised, at parting,to prevail on Mr. Bennet to return to Longbourn, as soon as he could,to the great consolation of his sister, who considered it as the onlysecurity for her husband's not being killed in a duel.<>
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He added that Mr.Bennet seemed wholly disinclined at present to leave London and promisedto write again very soon.<>
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He has the promise of anensigncy in General ----'s regiment, now quartered in the North.<>
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I promisedthem so faithfully! What will Wickham say? It was to be such a secret!""If it was to be secret," said Jane, "say not another word on thesubject.<>
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When I last saw her, she was not very promising.<>
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You forced me into visiting him last year, and promised, if Iwent to see him, he should marry one of my daughters.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "You are quite a visit in my debt, Mr. Bingley," she added, "for whenyou went to town last winter, you promised to take a family dinner withus, as soon as you returned.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "And will you promise me, never to enter into such an engagement?""I will make no promise of the kind.<>
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Your ladyship wants Mr. Darcy to marryyour daughter; but would my giving you the wished-for promise make theirmarriage at all more probable? Supposing him to be attached to me, wouldmy refusing to accept his hand make him wish to bestow it on his cousin?Allow me to say, Lady Catherine, that the arguments with which you havesupported this extraordinary application have been as frivolous as theapplication was ill-judged.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "If, therefore, an excuse for not keeping his promise should come to hisfriend within a few days," she added, "I shall know how to understandit.<>
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Shesoon learnt that they were indebted for their present good understandingto the efforts of his aunt, who did call on him in her return throughLondon, and there relate her journey to Longbourn, its motive, and thesubstance of her conversation with Elizabeth; dwelling emphatically onevery expression of the latter which, in her ladyship's apprehension,peculiarly denoted her perverseness and assurance; in the belief thatsuch a relation must assist her endeavours to obtain that promisefrom her nephew which she had refused to give.<>
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Too much, I am afraid; for what becomes of the moral, if our comfortsprings from a breach of promise? for I ought not to have mentioned thesubject.<>
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Wickhamfrequently invited her to come and stay with her, with the promise ofballs and young men, her father would never consent to her going.<>
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I promised to comply, as soon as I could get away; and afterthe curtain fell, sallied forth on my melancholy errand.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I kept my promise.<>
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He thought how often he had run merrilydown that path with some childish playfellow, looking back, ever andagain, to catch his mother's smile, or hear her gentle voice; and thena veil seemed lifted from his memory, and words of kindness unrequited,and warnings despised, and promises broken, thronged upon hisrecollection till his heart failed him, and he could bear it no longer.<>
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Leo Hunter, 'I must make you promise not tostir from my side the whole day.<>
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Noon approached, and after many adieux and promises toreturn, he tore himself away.<>
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Martha Bardell to commence an actionagainst you for a breach of promise of marriage, for which the plaintifflays her damages at fifteen hundred pounds, we beg to inform you thata writ has been issued against you in this suit in the Court of CommonPleas; and request to know, by return of post, the name of your attorneyin London, who will accept service thereof.<>
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"Let themlay me by my poor boy now, but promise me, that if ever you leave thisdreadful place, and should grow rich, you will have us removed tosome quiet country churchyard, a long, long way off--very far fromhere--where we can rest in peace.<>
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Dear George, promise me you will.<>
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An interview with Mr. Perker, next day, more than confirmedMr. Weller's statement; and Mr. Pickwick was fain to prepare for hisChristmas visit to Dingley Dell, with the pleasant anticipation thatsome two or three months afterwards, an action brought against him fordamages sustained by reason of a breach of promise of marriage, wouldbe publicly tried in the Court of Common Pleas; the plaintiff having allthe advantages derivable, not only from the force of circumstances, butfrom the sharp practice of Dodson & Fogg to boot.<>
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You promised me this afternoon, Mr. Sawyer, and every gentlemanas has ever lived here, has kept his word, Sir, as of course anybody ascalls himself a gentleman does.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'You have heard from my learned friend, gentlemen,' continued SerjeantBuzfuz, well knowing that, from the learned friend alluded to, thegentlemen of the jury had heard just nothing at all--'you have heardfrom my learned friend, gentlemen, that this is an action for a breachof promise of marriage, in which the damages are laid at #1,500.<>
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Bardell so earnestly entreated not to agitate herself about thiswarming-pan, unless (as is no doubt the case) it is a mere cover forhidden fire--a mere substitute for some endearing word or promise,agreeably to a preconcerted system of correspondence, artfully contrivedby Pickwick with a view to his contemplated desertion, and which I amnot in a condition to explain?<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Winkle was then examined by Mr. Skimpin, who, being a promisingyoung man of two or three-and-forty, was of course anxious to confuse awitness who was notoriously predisposed in favour of the other side, asmuch as he could.<>
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If they were satisfied that a breach of promise ofmarriage had been committed they would find for the plaintiff with suchdamages as they thought proper; and if, on the other hand, it appearedto them that no promise of marriage had ever been given, they would findfor the defendant with no damages at all.<>
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Mr. Pickwick went to his bedchamber, and Mr. Dowler resumed his seatbefore the fire, in fulfilment of his rash promise to sit up till hiswife came home.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'I must, indeed,' said Mr. Smauker; 'I promised Bantam.<>
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Summoning the cab of most promising appearance, he directedthe driver to repair to Montague Place, Russell Square.<>
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Six of those last-named little promissory notes, all due on the sameday, Ben, and all intrusted to me!It's very gratifying, isn't it?' said Mr. Ben Allen, holding his platefor some more minced veal.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'My uncle rested his head upon his hands, and thought of the busy,bustling people who had rattled about, years before, in the old coaches,and were now as silent and changed; he thought of the numbers of peopleto whom one of these crazy, mouldering vehicles had borne, night afternight, for many years, and through all weathers, the anxiously expectedintelligence, the eagerly looked-for remittance, the promised assuranceof health and safety, the sudden announcement of sickness and death.<>
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I must see him to-night, for I faithfully promised todo so.<>
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That accounts for my not having received the "page from the romanceof real life," which he promised me one morning when he appeared tobe contemplating suicide on Rochester Bridge, I suppose,' said Mr.Pickwick, smiling.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Can't promise, my dear Sir, can't promise,' replied Perker.<>
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Mrs. Bardelllet lodgings to many conversable single gentlemen, with great profit,but never brought any more actions for breach of promise of marriage.<>
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If the Italian was afirst-rate actress who had been promised a first-rate part, therewas really some excuse, or at least some cause, for her mad Italianrage.<>
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It may be answered gloomily that everypolitician is emphatically a promising politician.<>
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airy promise
= promessa vaga ,
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airy promises
= promesse vaghe ,
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all-traffic service
= servizio promiscuo ,
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all-traffic services
= servizi promiscui ,
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as good as one's promise
= di parola , uomo di parola ,
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backtrack on a promise
= recedere da una promessa ,
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backtrack on one's promises
= rimangiarsi le promesse ,
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backtracked on a promise
= receduto da una promessa ,
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backtracked on one's promises
= rimangiatosi le promesse ,
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backtracking on a promise
= recedendo da una promessa ,
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backtracking on one's promises
= rimangiandosi le promesse ,
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backtracks on a promise
= recede da una promessa ,
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backtracks on one's promises
= si rimangia le promesse ,
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betray the election promises
= non mantenere le promesse elettorali ,
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betrayed the election promises
= non mantenuto le promesse elettorali ,
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betraying the election promises
= non mantenendo le promesse elettorali ,
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betrays the election promises
= non mantiene le promesse elettorali ,
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breach of promise
= rottura di promessa , rottura di promessa di matrimonio ,
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breaches of promise
= rotture di promesse , rotture di promesse di matrimonio ,
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broken promise
= promessa mancata , promessa non mantenuta ,
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broken promises
= promesse mancate , promesse non mantenute ,
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but you promised to
= ma avevi promesso! ,
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cheap promises
= facili promesse ,
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claim promise
= pretendere il rispetto della promessa fatta ,
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claimed promise
= preteso il rispetto della promessa fatta ,
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claiming promise
= pretendendo il rispetto della promessa fatta ,
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claims promise
= pretende il rispetto della promessa fatta ,
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copper-bottomed promise
= promessa di ferro ,
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copper-bottomed promises
= promesse di ferro ,
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deliver on one's promise
= mantenere una promessa ,
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delivered on one's promise
= mantenuto una promessa ,
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delivering on one's promise
= mantenendo una promessa ,
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delivers on one's promise
= mantiene una promessa ,
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depart from one's promise
= non tener fede a una promessa ,
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departed from one's promise
= non tenuto fede a una promessa ,
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departing from one's promise
= non tenendo fede a una promessa ,
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departs from one's promise
= non tiene fede a una promessa ,
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do it any more
= non lo farò più, promisi che non l'avrei fatto più ,
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do it any more i promise you
= ti prometto che non lo farò più ,
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do you doubt my promise
= metti in dubbio la mia promessa? ,
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don't listen to his promises
= non dare ascolto alle sue promesse! ,
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fair promise
= bella promessa ,
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fair promises
= belle promesse ,
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false to one's promises
= non fedele alle proprie promesse ,
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i'll tell you if you promise not to blab it
= te lo dico se mi prometti di non spifferarlo in giro,
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mixed
= mescolato, misto, confuso, incerto, eterogeneo, promiscuo, unito, impastato,
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mixedness
= mescolanza, confusione, incertezza, eterogeneità, promiscuità,
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mixednesses
= mescolanze, confusioni, incertezze, eterogeneità, promiscuità,
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pell-mell
= disordinatamente, precipitosamente, promiscuo, sfrenato, confusione,
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pellmell
= disordinatamente, precipitosamente, promiscuo, sfrenato, confusione,
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promiscuities
= promiscuità, confusioni, mescolanze,
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promiscuity
= promiscuità, confusione, mescolanza,
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promiscuous
= promiscuo, confuso, disordinato, indiscriminato, casuale, che s'adatta,
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promiscuously
= in modo promiscuo\confuso\disordinato\indiscriminato\casuale,
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promiscuousness
= promiscuità, confusione, mescolanza,
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promiscuousnesses
= promiscuità, confusioni, mescolanze,
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promisee
= promissario, chi riceve una promessa,
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promisees
= promissari, chi riceve una promessa,
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promissory
= che ha carattere di promessa, promissorio,
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