• hopeful, of great promise, promising
• to break a resolution, to break an engagement
• to beguile sy with promises
• to beguile sy with promises
• fair words butter no parsnips, fine words butter no parsnips, soft words butter no parsnips
• to nail sy down to sy's promise
• to be true to one's promise
• to be true to one's promise, to keep faith with sy
• to disengage, to make free, to set free
• to go back on, to go back upon
• to keep up a resolution
• smooth words and fair promises