Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
let me down
English answer:
disappoint me
English term
I hope you're not going to let me down
B: No, no, no, I won't let you down.
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What does "you're not going to" mean in this sentence?
Does it refer to intention or future?
Thank you
Oct 17, 2021 12:05: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "everyday English "
Oct 17, 2021 14:22: Rob Grayson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Oct 18, 2021 12:52: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
PRO (1): Adrian MM.
Non-PRO (3): Darius Saczuk, Jennifer Levey, Rob Grayson
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Responses
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
disappoint me
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Note added at 23 mins (2021-10-17 09:55:58 GMT)
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=keep your word or keep your promises
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Note added at 35 mins (2021-10-17 10:07:55 GMT)
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:-)
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Note added at 39 mins (2021-10-17 10:11:43 GMT)
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not going to = will not = future
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Note added at 40 mins (2021-10-17 10:12:45 GMT)
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I won't let you down = I will not disappoint you
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Note added at 1 day 3 hrs (2021-10-18 12:51:09 GMT) Post-grading
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I think it would be extremely unusual, to say the least, for anyone to deliberately INTEND (=PLAN) to let anyone down! Just wouldn't make sense. Yes, "going to" can mean intention in some cases but it is always going to happen in the future anyway.
We have several ways of forming the future in English but a good grammar book or bit of Googling should set you straight
| Thank you so much, Yvonne |
| But i mean, what does "be going to" mean in this sentence? |
| Does it refer to intention or future? |
| Thanks |
I hope you don’t fall short of my expectations
| Thank you so much, Orkoyen |
| neutral |
Jennifer Levey
: The eventual 'letting down' will necessarily occur in the future, so won't would be much better than don't
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I do agree that won’t emphasizes the future aspect more emphatically.
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
I trust that you are not minded > do not have it in mind to ... امیدوارم منو نا امید نکنی
Suffice it to say that I used to find it difficult to work out whether 'going to' had been a good translation into BrE for e.g. the FRE of aller faire vs. avoir l'intention de or the GER of nicht sollen vs. nicht vorhaben, jn. im Stich zu lassen.
So I reckon that it's a good question and a 'pesky' conundrum that or which I've never really managed in half a century to solve in my own language-pairs into English.
| Thank you so much, Adrian |
| neutral |
writeaway
: Don't agree with 'I hope you do not disappoint me', which is the GT translation of the Persian. Even Mr Chomsky would agree that future tense is implied by 'going to'
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AllegroTrans
: Can't see how this is an improvement on Yvonne's answer, just by using a more flowery style, and why you cannot post an "agree"
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