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обязанность in English:

1. duty duty


If you don't do your duty, people will look down on you.
He risked his life to carry out his duty and inspired police officers everywhere.
Call of duty
Because we reject the same thing that people of all faiths reject: the killing of innocent men, women, and children. And it is my first duty as President to protect the American people.
However, the duty of a student is to study. So if you neglect the end of term test, that's a "no!".
The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
The strongest is never strong enough to always be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. From there derives the right of the strongest.
The traditional way of learning a language may satisfy at most one's sense of duty, but it can hardly serve as a source of joy. Nor will it likely be successful.
Duty should come before anything else.
We have a duty to adopt this text which, of course, could be further improved.
a moral duty [+ to do sth] Rail companies have a duty to provide safe transport.
It should be noted that the duty continues after a notice of allowance is mailed and the issue fee is paid.
The dignity of man is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority.
Just because it's a "safe day" I'm not going to make out like monkeys without protection. Isn't it the duty of loving sex to take proper care of contraception?

English word "обязанность"(duty) occurs in sets:

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2. obligation obligation


It is our obligation to help.
He couldn't leave because he was under an obligation to finish the job. He didn't tell me the whole truth about his financial obligations.
You are under no obligation to divulge that information.
There’s no obligation to go climbing if you don’t want to.
It is the obligation of every worker to pay taxes.
People are presenting reasons for not fulfilling their obligation to respond.
I have obligations in my job.
I think that, today, we are under an obligation to help people.
There's no obligation to come to the meeting.
We need to fulfil our obligations. Teachers have an obligation to treat all pupils equally.
The ​government has an obligation to ​assist ​relief ​efforts.
An employer has a legal obligation to pay social security for his or her employees.
Well, their obligation of course is to pay their taxes, but our advice to them is that they all look at taking their wealth and being philanthropic
We need to fulfil our obligations.
I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.

English word "обязанность"(obligation) occurs in sets:

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