Explain the use of DECLINE, REFUSE, and REJECT in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian. 1. a. The politician declined a request for an interview, saying he wanted to think well about the problem. b. When I refused his request,

Explain the use of DECLINE, REFUSE, and REJECT in the following sentences. Translate the sentences into Russian.
1. a. The politician declined a request for an interview, saying he wanted to think well about the problem.
b. When I refused his request, Chris stopped treating me as his good friend.
c. The medical authorities rejected his request for compensation.
a. The finance minister declined to comment on the accusations (обвинения).
b. For the first 10 minutes, Edna sat with her back to me and refused to turn round.
a. Bill declined an invitation to dinner, as his headache had been getting worse throughout the day.
b. I have often been invited to dances and parties and I have never refused an invitation.
c. One of the best known physicians in Europe rejected an invitation to become professor of medicine in his native town.
a. In 1959 the English writer Aldous Huxley rejected an offer of a Knight Bachelor (степень
рыцаря-бакалавра) by the British government.
b. The Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters declined an offer from the Olympic Committee to compete in the 2008 Beijing Games.
c. Is it true that he flatly refused an offer of $ 1,000 a day to go on the stage?
5. Fraud (мошенничество) is one of the few crimes in which victims can decline to participate.
6. You cannot reject a plan without giving an explanation.
7. She refused another brandy and rushed back to the hotel.
8. Shop assistants must refuse to sell alcohol to those who cannot prove that they are over 18.
9. After a long discussion we decided not to reject the proposal made by the committee.