to make a serious or formal promise
дать серьезное или формальное обещание (dat' seryoznoe ili formal'noe obeshchanie)
"He pledged his word to support the cause."
"Он пообещал свое слово поддержать это дело." (On poobeshchal svoe slovo podderzhat' eto delo.)
to confront something that scares you
A strong connection of trust and affection between friends.
something that has both positive and negative consequences
an attempt to deceive someone into revealing personal or con...
every difficult situation has a hopeful aspect
to cause complete failure in a system or process