BE SLOW TO PROMISE AND QUICK TO PERFORM

Meaning of BE SLOW TO PROMISE AND QUICK TO PERFORM in English

Будь не скор на обещание, а скор на исполнение. Ср. Не дав слова, крепись, а дав слово, держись. Обещай мало - делай много

English sayings. Английские поговорки. 2012

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUICK — I. ˈkwik adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English quik, quike, from Old English cwic, cwicu; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROMISE — I. ˈprämə̇s noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English promis, promisse, from Latin promissum, from neuter of promissus, past participle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERFORM — R pə(r)ˈfȯ(ə)rm, - R pəˈfȯ(ə)m verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English parformen, performen, from Anglo-French parformer, performer, alteration (influenced …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PROMISE — (v. t.) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to …
Английский словарь Webster
PERFORM — (v. i.) To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by …
Английский словарь Webster
PERFORM — (v. t.) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or …
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PROMISE — ( v. t. ) To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFORM — ( v. t. ) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFORM — ( v. i. ) To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUICK — — quickness , n. /kwik/ , adj., quicker, quickest , n., adv., quicker, quickest . adj. 1. done, proceeding, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PROMISE — — promisable , adj. — promiseful , adj. — promiser , n. /prom"is/ , n. , v. , promised, promising …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PERFORM — — performable , adj. — performer , n. /peuhr fawrm"/ , v.t. 1. to carry out; execute; do: to perform …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOW — I. ˈslō adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English slāw; akin to Old High German slēo dull Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUICK — I. ˈkwik adjective Etymology: Middle English quik, from Old English cwic; akin to Old Norse kvikr living, Latin vivus living, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PROMISE — I. ˈprä-məs noun Etymology: Middle English promis, from Latin promissum, from neuter of promissus, past participle of promittere to send …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PERFORM — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parfurmer, alteration of perforner, parfurnir, from par-, per- thoroughly (from Latin per- ) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
QUICK — noun quitch grass. 2. quick ·superl pregnant; with child. 3. quick ·superl fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. 4. quick ·superl speedy; …
Webster English vocab
PROMISE — adj bestowal, fulfillment, or grant of what is promised. 2. promise ·vi to give assurance by a promise, or binding …
Webster English vocab
PERFORM — vt to represent; to act; to play; as in drama. 2. perform ·vt to discharge; to fulfill; to act up …
Webster English vocab
SLOW — [slow] adj [ME, fr. OE slaw; akin to OHG sleo dull] (bef. 12c) 1 a: mentally dull: stupid "a ~ …
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QUICK — [quick] adj [ME quik, fr. OE cwic; akin to ON kvikr living, L vivus living, vivere to live, Gk bios, …
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PROMISE — [prom.ise] n [ME promis, fr. L promissum, fr. neut. of promissus, pp. of promittere to send forth, promise, fr. pro- …
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PERFORM — [per.form] vb [ME, fr. AF performer, alter. of OF perfournir, fr. per- thoroughly (fr. L) + fournir to complete--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PERFORM — perform BrE AmE pə ˈfɔːm AmE \ p ə r ˈfɔːrm ▷ perform|ed d ▷ perform|ing ɪŋ ▷ perform|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLOW — / sləʊ; NAmE sloʊ/ adjective , adverb , verb ■ adjective ( slow·er , slow·est ) NOT FAST 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUICK — / kwɪk; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( quick·er , quick·est ) 1. done with speed; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROMISE — / ˈprɒmɪs; NAmE ˈprɑːm-/ verb , noun ■ verb 1. promise sth (to sb) | promise sb sth to tell …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERFORM — / pəˈfɔːm; NAmE pərˈfɔːrm/ verb 1. [ vn ] to do sth, such as a piece of work, task or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — I. slow 1 S2 W2 /sləʊ $ sloʊ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative slower , superlative slowest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUICK — I. quick 1 S1 W2 /kwɪk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative quicker , superlative quickest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PROMISE — I. prom ‧ ise 1 S2 W2 /ˈprɒməs, ˈprɒmɪs $ ˈprɑː-/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PERFORM — per ‧ form S3 W2 /pəˈfɔːm $ pərˈfɔːrm/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ performance , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUICK — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 taking only a short time (a quick worker). 2 arriving after a short time, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PROMISE — n. & v. --n. 1 an assurance that one will or will not undertake a certain action, behaviour, etc. (a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. adj. 1 a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUICK — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 taking only a short time (a quick worker). 2 arriving after a short time, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PROMISE — n. & v. n. 1 an assurance that one will or will not undertake a certain action, behaviour, etc. (a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOW — adj., adv., & v. --adj. 1. a taking a relatively long time to do a thing or cover a distance …
Oxford English vocab
QUICK — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. taking only a short time (a quick worker). 2 arriving after a short time, …
Oxford English vocab
PROMISE — n. & v. --n. 1. an assurance that one will or will not undertake a certain action, behaviour, etc. (a …
Oxford English vocab
SLOW — ( slower, slowest, slows, slowing, slowed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUICK — ( quicker, quickest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone or something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PROMISE — ( promises, promising, promised) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PERFORM — ( performs, performing, performed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOW — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car slows down ▪ The car slowed down and stopped outside our house. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUICK — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief/quick comment ▪ I just want to make a very brief comment. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PROMISE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a promising career (= likely to be successful ) ▪ She gave up a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOW — [verb]To slow is to reduce speed or activity.All the cars have to slow at the bend. [I]The traffic slowed to …
Cambridge English vocab
PROMISE — [noun] [C]If I make a promise I like to keep it (= do what I said I would).You've broken your …
Cambridge English vocab
PERFORM — (DO) [verb] [T] - to do (an action or piece of work)Computers can perform many different tasks.The operation will be …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PERFORM — Synonyms and related words : accompany, accomplish, achieve, act, act a part, act as, act as foil, act out, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOW — adj. slow up slow down slow coach slow witted
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SLOW — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: RETARDED , backward, dim-witted, dull, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, moronic, simple, slow-witted Related Words: limited; ||dunch …
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