Aug 2, 2013 17:17
10 yrs ago
Russian term
угрожали немедленной расправой
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
US Slang
Тогда они принялись звонить всем подряд и угрожать немедленной расправой.
Proposed translations
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5 mins
Mark Berelekhis
United States
United States
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
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threaten immediate/prompt [ayback/retribution
About a dozen ways to say it with your synonyms of choice.
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Note added at 5 mins (2013-08-02 17:23:33 GMT)
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*meant to be "payback"
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Note added at 5 mins (2013-08-02 17:23:33 GMT)
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*meant to be "payback"
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5 mins
Susan Welsh
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Psychology, economics, politics
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
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40
threaten them with immediate reprisal
Without any context, it's impossible to provide an intelligent answer. So, here's a guess.
24 mins
LilianNekipelov
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Legal and literary translator. Linguist.
Native in: English (Variants: US, British) 
, Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: Russian to English, Polish to English, Swedish to English
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they threatened us with a prompt payback (vendetta), they made threats against us
Us or somebody else -- depending on the context.
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