• defend the fatherland – защищать отечество
• fight for the fatherland – воевать за отечество
• great fatherland – великое отечество
См. также: fatal accident, fat reserves, fatal consequences, fatal illness
A judge in Argentina yesterday ordered the arrest of former president Cristina Kirchner on charges of 'treason against the fatherland.' (Daily Mail)
Gradually, Laemmle realized that his cherished Fatherland — at the time not an ugly word — was degenerating into a gangster state. (The Hollywood Reporter)
As young German men were sent off to fight, Sophie wrote, rather bitterly, to her boyfriend Fritz Hartnagel, who was also a soldier: "I can't understand how some people continuously risk other people's lives. I will never understand it and I think it's terrible. Don't tell me it's for the Fatherland." (BBC News)
"We [Israel's Indian Jews] are both Israeli and Indian. India is our motherland and Israel our fatherland," he says proudly. (BBC News)
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