to make a very serious promise that something is true
сделать очень серьезное обещание, что что-то правда (sdelat' ochen' ser'yeznoe obeshchaniye, chto chto-to pravda)
"I swear on my life, I didn’t do it!"
"Я клянусь своей жизнью, я этого не делал!" (Ya **klyanus' svoey zhiznyu**, ya etogo ne delal!)
a call to take action, especially to defend a cause
to be extremely frustrated and have no patience left
a remedy for the aftereffects of drinking too much alcohol
to follow your intuition or instincts
to place something or write something down
to be completely focused or revolve around something
