This explained the reference to "the papers," and "the secret," and would account for the respectful and sympathetic tone of the Countess' letter. But behind this there was certainly another secret, in which "Y." (whoever he might be) was concerned, and which related to money. The close of the note, which I filled out to read, "Your friend or not, as you may decide," conveyed a threat, and, to judge from the halves of lines immediately preceding it, the threat referred to the money, as well as to the betrayal of an assumed character.英文原著 · 《Beauty and The Beast》
Motives! gnashed Diabolus. And he tore his last card into a thousand shreds and cast the shreds under his feet in his rage and exasperation. Motives! New motives! Truly Thou art the threatened Seed of the woman! Truly Thou art the threatened Son of God!--Let all our preachers, then, preach much on motive to their people. The commonplace crowd of their people will not all like that preaching any more than Diabolus did; but their best people will all afterwards rise up in their salvation and bless them for it.英文原著 · 《Bunyan Characters-3》
"He swore if you ever came back and married me he'd follow us all over the world to tell it."
Belding saw Gale grow deathly white and suddenly stand stock-still. "Chase threatened you, then?" asked Dick; and the forced naturalness of his voice struck Belding. "Threatened me? He made my life a nightmare," replied Nell, in a rush of speech. "At first I wondered how he was worrying mother sick. But she wouldn't tell me. Then when she went away he began to hint things. I hated him all the more.英文原著 · 《Desert Gold》
de Perrot's face took a delicate shade of red, and he nodded; he could not speak. He seemed for an instant in danger of some kind of fit. Then he found his voice again. "The fool prated of love! Of love!" he said with such a look--like that of a dying fowl--that I could have laughed aloud. "And when I bade him remember his duty he threatened me. He, that unnatural boy, threatened to betray me, to ruin me, to go to Madame de Beaufort and tell her all--all, you understand. And I doing so much, and making such sacrifices for him!"英文原著 · 《From the Memoirs of a Minister of France》
Then came threats, threats that made Ludwig fairly shudder, though he continued to bind and tie with redoubled energy.英文原著 · 《Hans Brinker》
"'Russia is not the only Power that has engagements with Austria, and that must keep them too! So that, however averse to a breach--'
KING ("laying his finger on his nose," mark him;--aloud, and with such eyes). "'No threats, Sir, if you please! No threats' ["in a loud voice," finger to nose, and with such eyes looking in upon me]. HYNDFORD (heavily coming to the rescue). "'Am sure his Excellency is far from such meaning, Sire. His Excellency will advance nothing so very contrary to his Instructions.'--Podewils too put in something proper" in the appeasing way. ROBINSON.英文原著 · 《History of Friedrich II of Prussia V 13》
Death threat for wife, death threat for wife, once more death threat, and here many monies off for Bed Bath Beyond.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
- Just wait a second-- - You breached my threshold and threatened me, threatened my wife, the mother of my children.美剧 · 《Billions》
.uh, banking laws are a threat to liberty or banks without regulation are the true threat to liberty.美剧 · 《Billions》
Banking laws are a threat to liberty, or banks without regulation are the true threat to liberty." First, are we a people at liberty?美剧 · 《Billions》
It was like, "I don't know what that thing is, but he's no threat to me." It was like, "I don't know what that thing is, but he's no threat to me."演讲 · 《Hooked by an octopus ~ Mike deGruy》