He was constantly offending Dirk Stroeve so bitterly that he flung away, vowing he would never speak to him again; but there was a solid force in Strickland that attracted the fat Dutchman against his will, so that he came back, fawning like a clumsy dog, though he knew that his only greeting would be the blow he dreaded.
It just means vowing and promising solemnly.
She tucked the child up in bed, mentally vowing that she should be taught a prayer the very next day, and was leaving the room with the light when Anne called her back.
China's environmental watchdog has approved two action plans, vowing to further crack down on the smuggling of overseas garbage while maintaining a tough stance against pollution caused by the processing of imported waste.
The reply also stressed the synergic development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, vowing to build a world-class city group with the capital as the core.
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced on its website that they have been insisting on the principle from the beginning to end to make sure the monitoring data are accurate and reliable, vowing to investigate the falsification of data.
" The White House responded several hours later, vowing "at the earliest possible time" to have the US Department of Justice seek an emergency stay of the judge's "outrageous order".
Zika Fears The recent outbreak of the Zika virus has lead to athletes, journalists and other travelers vowing to skip the August games.
Zika Fears The recent outbreak of the Zika virus has lead to athletes, journalists and other travelers vowing to skip the August games.
The billionaires are vowing to build on government research with their own capital to help commercialise low-emission technology, bridging what they call a "near impassable valley of death" between promising concepts and viable products.