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Бросать/бросить (часть третья)

July 22nd, 2009 by Don

Although the most basic meaning of бросать/бросить is “to throw,” the word also can mean “to abandon/leave (someone).” The person who is abandoned appears in the accusative case:

Даже если рухнет мир, я тебя не брошу. Even if the world collapses, I won't leave you.
Не понимаю, почему моя подруга бросила меня. I don't understand why my girlfriend left me.
Мэл Гибсон бросил жену из-за русской певицы. (source) Mel Gibson left his wife because of a Russian singer.
Немецкая пара бросила троих малолетних детей в итальянской пиццерии. (source) A German couple abandoned three young children in an Italian pizzeria.

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