| Subject | English | Russian |
| proverb | better not to promise at all than to make a promise and not keep it | лучше совсем не обещать, чем обещать и не исполнить |
| fig.of.sp. | make a blanket promise | давать полную гарантию (But it works? I'm afraid I can't make a blanket promise. "Downton Abbey" Series 6, Episode 2. kozelski) |
| inf. | make a pinky promise | поклясться (Ashley told me that she pulled the fire alarm. I made a pinky promise to her saying I wouldn't tell a soul.) |
| gen. | make a promise | пообещать |
| gen. | make a promise | дать обещание |
| Makarov. | make a promise | давать обещание |
| gen. | make a promise | обещать |
| media. | make good on a promise | сдержать обещание (bigmaxus) |