No. 13,571 in Russian
начальству
"Начальству" means "to the management" or "to the authorities" in English.
In a sentence
Я передал доклад начальству вовремя.
I submitted the report to the management on time.
In this sentence, 'начальству' is used in the dative case to indicate to whom the report was submitted.
Начальству не понравился наш проект.
The management did not like our project.
Here, 'начальству' is also in the dative case, indicating who expressed displeasure with the project.
Он выразил начальству свою благодарность.
He expressed his gratitude to the management.
The word 'начальству' is in the dative case, showing the direction of the expression of gratitude.
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