http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslVocabularyAndIdioms/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenCSMOD (Build: 3168.38637)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gvvbv/post.htm#521955Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:46:16 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:521955MichalS0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gvvbv/post.htm#521955http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-521955.xmloh yes :) thanks for the clarification!<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gdnbc/post.htm#519641Tue, 27 May 2008 15:58:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:519641Avangi1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gdnbc/post.htm#519641http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-519641.xml<p>Hi M,&nbsp; I guess you&#39;re clear on this, right?</p> <p>Her sworn testimony at his trial, cost him his life.&nbsp; (Her act of swearing that he had committed murder, made his life go away.)</p> <p>&nbsp; - A.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gdmmx/post.htm#519551Tue, 27 May 2008 12:18:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:519551MichalS2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gdmmx/post.htm#519551http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-519551.xmlThanks for your responses!</p><p>The context is a song of Joan Baez:</p><p><i>When first I came to Louisville<br />Some pleasure there to find<br />A damsel there from Lexington<br />Was pleasing to my mind<br />Her rosy cheeks, her ruby lips<br />Like arrows pierced my breast<br />And the name she bore was Flora<br />The Lily Of The West<br /><br />I courted lovely Flora<br />Some pleasure there to find<br />She turned unto another man<br />Which sore distressed my mind<br />She robbed me of my liberty<br />Deprived me of my rest<br />Still I love my faithless Flora<br />The Lily Of The West<br /><br />Down in yonder shady grove<br />A man of high degree<br />Conversing with my Flora there<br />It seemed so strange to me<br />And the answer that she gave to him<br />It sure did me oppress<br />I was betrayed by Flora<br />The Lily Of The West<br /><br />I stepped up to my rival<br />My dagger in my hand<br />I seized him by the collar and<br />I boldly made him stand<br />Being mad to desperation I pierced him in the breast<br />All for my lovely Flora<br />The Lily Of The West<br /><br />I had to stand my trial<br />I had to make my plea<br />They placed me in the criminal box<br />And then commenced on me<br /></i></p><h3><i><b>Although she swore my life away</b></i></h3><p><i>Deprived me of my rest<br />And I still love my faithless Flora<br />The Lily Of The West</i><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>thanks, Michał&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpxh/post.htm#510619Wed, 07 May 2008 02:56:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:510619CalifJim3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpxh/post.htm#510619http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-510619.xmlPerhaps one person&#39;s taking of an oath caused another&#39;s life to be ruined, as when one person swears (unjustly) that another has committed murder, and the so-called murderer is sent to jail for life. </p><p>It&#39;s impossible to say without more context.</p><p>CJ&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpvj/post.htm#510451Tue, 06 May 2008 15:30:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:510451Avangi4http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpvj/post.htm#510451http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-510451.xml<p>That&#39;s tough without context.&nbsp; Is it reflexive?</p> <p>People often &quot;swear&quot; that something is true &quot;<strong><em><u>ON</u></em></strong>&quot; something sacred, as &quot;on my life&quot;; &quot;on my mother&#39;s grave&quot;; &quot;on the holy Bible&quot;; etc.</p> <p>If you mean to swear somebody <strong><em><u>else&#39;s</u></em></strong> life away, my example would not be it.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpvd/post.htmTue, 06 May 2008 15:19:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:510445MichalS5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SwearAway/gbpvd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-510445.xmlHey, can someone tell me what <b>swear away </b>as in <i>swear sb&#39;s life away means?</i></p><p>thank you,</p><p>michal&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>