mean what you say

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mean what you say
(1) sb. mean what sb. say (sentence
pattern) it means keep ones word or to be as
good as ones word or match ones word with
deeds (2) e.g. A trustworthy person always
means what he says.
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Some people say that promises are made to be
broken.

• (1) It means that some people believe that you
  can break your promises without considering
  anything if you do not want to. For them,
  promises are nothing but empty talk.
• (2) here we can study some phrases about the word
  promise
• Make a / ones promise give sb. a promise
• Keep a / ones promise do as what youve said
• Break a / ones promise you do not follow what
  you have said
• Promise sb. to do sth. agree to do sth. for sb.
• Promise sb that (clause) agree sth. with sb.
• e.g. Bobby made a promise to his parents to study
  harder in the future.
• Dad kept his promise and took us to Europe on
  vacation.
• Ian promised to repay me the loan in a week.

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That certainly seems to be true in this cutthroat
society that we live in.

• (1) cutthroat it means the intense / fierce /
  bitter competition.
• Here, the cutthroat society means the
  society is full of intense / fierce / bitter
  competition.
• example In this cutthroat society, we must all
  be careful when doing business.
• (2) that we live in that leads a appositive
  clause, it is a explanation to cutthroat society

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But if you break your promise, youll ruin your
reputation and no one will trust you any more.

• (1) In this sentence, we should pay a special
  attention to the word ruin.
• ruin it means destroy or break sth. into
  pieces.
• Ruin your reputation means shatter ones
  reputation, destroy ones reputation.
• (2) and we can also review one phrase
• not any more, it not any longer
• I will not love you any more. I will not
  love you any longer.

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So whenever we say, I give you my word, we
should mean it.

• (1) word is an uncountable noun when it means
  promise.
• give sb. a ones word give a promise to sb.
• But it will be a countable noun when it in the
  context of other situations, and it always use
  the plural form.
• e.g. have words with sb. quarrel with sb.
• (2) mean it here means you should keep your
  word, you should do it.

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There is nothing worse than to be let down by
others because they have not kept their promises.

• If you always break your word, then others will
  not trust you any more and your reputation will
  be ruined. This is the worst or unfortunate thing
  to you.
• Here, let sb. down means disappoint sb.
• e.g. My friend let me down when I was in
  trouble.
• My friend disappointed / didnt help me
  when was in trouble.

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In face, it isnt so difficult to keep promises.

• It is difficult for sb. to do sth. it is hard
  for sb. to do sth.

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Just remember never to promise anything we are
not sure we can live up to.

• (1) the whole sentence should be you
  should just remember
• There is a ellipsis of you should at the
  beginning of the sentence.
• (2) be sure that Be sure that the door is
  locked before you leave the house.
• (3) live up to satisfy/ meet the
  requirements or expectations of
• e.g. Peter lived up to is fathers
  expectations. (Peter did what his father hoped
  him to do.)
• (4) Where to put the preposition to when the
  adverbs never / not and the infinitive clause
  are used together? The answer is we should put
  to after never / not.
• We all know a easy phrase tell sb. to do
  sth. But if it is used together with never/not,
  how can we combine them?

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e.g. Mother told me to never speak to
strangers.() Mother told me never to speak
to strangers. (v) The doctor advised me
to not eat fatty foods.() The doctor
advised me not to eat tatty foods. (v)
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In short, therefore, to be trustworthy, we should
always say what we mean and mean what we say.

• (1) in short in a word
• e.g. In short, that was the best film that
  Ive ever seen.
• (2) trustworthy worthy of trust or believe
• e.g. Father is my trustworthy person.
• It means father is the believable person to
  me.

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Homework

• Trust always plays an important role in
  human's society. Some people say trust is hope
  some people say trust is responsibility, and also
  some others say trust is the core of united
  power.
• What is trust in your mind? Do you also
  think trust is like a lubricant to link hope and
  responsibility, standing as a core of united
  power, bringing people together to make the world
  more powerful and beautiful?
• Please write down about the meaning of
  trust in your own idea.