Слово "pledge". Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

He scanned it quickly. The undersigned agrees not to divulge the methods or techniques or et cetera, et cetera. "Sure," he said, and Donatti put a pen in his hand. He scratched his name, and Donatti signed below it. A moment later the paper disappeared back into the desk drawer. Well, he thought ironically, I've taken the pledge. He had taken it before. Once it had lasted for two whole days.

It’s more than paper—just like this poem said: ‘The pledge of a nation that’s passed away!'”

It is that state of anarchy which my project is pledged to fight.

‘Peace Pledge.’

These bonds, or warrants, as they were called, pledged interest at six per cent.; but when the interest fell due, instead of paying it, the city or State treasurer, as the case might be, stamped the same with the date of presentation, and the warrant then bore interest for not only its original face value, but the amount then due in interest.

"Or for a pledge?" said Bagheera, his white teeth bared under his lip. "Well are ye called the Free People!"

Mr. Micawber pledged her.

And you know, right then and there I made a pledge in my heart.

We men pledged ourselves to raise the veil of sorrow from the head of her whom, each in his own way, we loved; and we prayed for help and guidance in the terrible task which lay before us.

I readily gave the pledge required.

Henry had taken the Pledge at a Methodist Youth Fellowship Camp-Out on Labor Day weekend of the year before.

As short a time ago as February, the Ministry of Plenty had issued a promise (a 'categorical pledge' were the official words) that there would be no reduction of the chocolate ration during 1984.

I had my own reasons for being dismayed at this apparition; too well I remembered the perfidious hints given by Mrs. Reed about my disposition, &c.; the promise pledged by Mr. Brocklehurst to apprise Miss Temple and the teachers of my vicious nature.

If that does not happen, I pledge you my honour I will cry off the bargain and restore your money."

She knew that Burning Daylight was not a man to be trifled with, that under his simplicity and boyishness he was essentially a dominant male creature, and that she had pledged herself to a future of inevitable stress and storm.

He forgot that in the covenant entered into between him and the gods they were pledged to care for him and defend him.

He told me at this time that if anything should happen to him he wished me to take charge of his estate, and he gave me a key to a compartment in the safe which stood in his study, telling me I would find his will there and some personal instructions which he had me pledge myself to carry out with absolute fidelity.

I’ll pledge my word on it.

It was a picture she remembered always, the father and son pledging one another across the table, and she remembered too how John, looking up from the fire at the shivering, white-faced Henry, said suddenly, in anger:

“Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine,” she sang, softly, quietly, slowly.