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1 threaten
1. I1) danger (disaster, etc.) threatens угрожает опасность и т.д.; а storm is threatening надвигается буря; а new war threatened нависла угроза /опасность/ новой войны2) do you mean to threaten? уж не угрожаете ли вы [мне]?2. III1) threaten smth., smb. threaten a city (a town, a district, the prosperity of a town, etc.) угрожать /грозить/ городу и т.д., быть угрозой для города и т.д.; famine threatens the district району угрожает /грозит/ голод; threaten [immediate] revenge ([swift] retaliation, every kind of torment, etc.) угрожать /грозить/ скорой местью и т.д.; he was heard to threaten them слышали, как он угрожал им; he shook his fist and threatened me он погрозил мне кулаком2) threaten smth. threaten rain (a storm) предвещать дождь (бурю)3. IVthreaten smb. somewhere danger and disaster threaten us on every side опасности и несчастья подстерегают нас со всех сторон4. XIbe threatened with smth. be threatened with death (with imprisonment, with the law, etc.) подвергаться угрозе смерти и т.д.; be threatened with pneumonia (with danger, with bankruptcy, etc.) подвергаться опасности /находиться под угрозой/ заболеть воспалением легких и т.д.; the race was threatened with extinction этой pace грозило вымирание; be threatened by smth. the city was threatened by the epidemic эпидемия угрожала городу5. XIIIthreaten to do smth.1) threaten to murder smb. (to punish smb., etc.) угрожать убить кого-л. и т.д., threaten to resign грозиться /угрожать/ уйти /подать/ в отставку; he threatened to leave if he didn't get a raise он пригрозил уйти, если ему не дадут прибавки2) it threatens to rain (to thunder, etc.) собирается /надвигается/ дождь и т.д.; the practice threatens to become general этот обычай /порядок/ грозит стать всеобщим6. XVIthreaten with smth. threaten with retaliation (with punishment, etc.) угрожать репрессиями и т.д.;with an action грозить судом7. XXI1threaten smb. with smth. threaten smb. with punishment (with a beating, with death, with imprisonment, with dismissal, with legal proceedings, with the confiscation of property, etc.) угрожать кому-л. наказанием и т.д.; he threatened me with all sorts of dire penalties if I disobeyed him он угрожал мне всякого рода наказаниями, если я ослушаюсь его; threaten smb. with a revolver (with a stick, etc.) угрожать кому-л. револьвером и т.д.; threaten smth. to smb. threaten imprisonment (punishment. etc.) to smb. грозить кому-л. арестом /тюрьмой/ и т.д.; the general threatened death to all deserters генерал грозил смертью всем дезертирам -
2 resign
vуходить в отставку, подавать в отставку; отказываться от должностиto resign for personal reasons — уходить в отставку по личным мотивам / по причинам личного характера
to resign from a body — уходить в отставку / увольняться из какой-л. организации
to resign over smth — уходить в отставку из-за чего-л. / в связи с чем-л.
to make an offer to / to offer to resign (from one's post) — изъявлять готовность уйти в отставку, подавать в отставку
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