intention
Examples
His word and decisions, to which he had come after careful consideration, were unchangeable, and nothing could swerve him from his intention.
Sa parole et ses décisions, auxquelles il était parvenu après mûre réflexion, étaient immuables et rien ne pouvait le détourner de son intention.
Without disclosing his intentions to run away even to his wife Phebe, he proceeded to make arrangements for carrying his plan into execution.
Sans révéler son intention de s'enfuir, même à sa femme Phebe, il entreprit de prendre des dispositions pour mettre son plan à exécution.
Bass had become alarmed, and had placed his affairs in the hands of a person at the landing, communicating to him his intention of leaving the State.
Bass s'était alarmé et avait confié ses affaires à une personne du débarcadère, lui communiquant son intention de quitter l'État.
In October 1997, Michael Hart expressed his intention to include books in other languages.
En octobre 1997, Michael Hart a exprimé son intention d'inclure des livres dans d'autres langues.
the sense of guilt in an obsessional neurosis is based upon the fact of an evil intention which was never carried out.
le sentiment de culpabilité dans une névrose obsessionnelle repose sur le fait d'une intention mauvaise qui n'a jamais été mise à exécution.
Probably because of the early trouble with the foundation of the great tower, there was from the first no intention of making it a belfry.
Probablement à cause des premiers problèmes avec les fondations de la grande tour, il n'y eut dès l'origine aucune intention d'en faire un clocher.
Mr. Duke, before leaving Montgomery, signed a card disclaiming any intention of slandering Southern white women.
M. Duke, avant de quitter Montgomery, signa une déclaration niant toute intention de calomnier les femmes blanches du Sud.