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Sunny123 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

vowed = what?

Hello everyone. I need the meaning of "vowed" in the following text.

- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his country would resist global sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear program, saying that Iran might respond to international pressure by cutting back gas exports.

vowed = what?
  

Top answer

vowed=promised

— Ivanhr

  • vowed=promised
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In the following paper title. ....
"vows firm" = what?
stand = what?

Khamenei vows firm Iranian nuclear stand, warns on gas exports.
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vow=promise
firm=strong
stand=position

Does that help?
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Ivanhrvow=promisefirm=strongstand=positionDoes that help?
vows firm = vows strongly
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This sounds like a newspaper headline, which employs an English dialect of its own. Headline English omits words to conserve space and make emphases. The headline means

Khamenei made a definitive statement (vows) that the Iranian position (stand) on developing nuclear capabilities would be unyielding (firm), and (that's the comma) he warned that Iran might reduce gas exports as an eco
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The firm there is actually a part of the noun phrase 'firm Iranian nuclear stand' so it does not modify the verb promise.
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Ok, thank you Ivanhr and deadrat. Your explanation was perfect. I even thought "firm is modifying the verb "vows". because I thought if "firm" was part of the noun phrase, it must place after Iranian. Because I think nationality usually stands before adjective like firm.
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