He advised me against it

he advises caution — aconseja or recomienda prudencia

• you would be ill advised to go — no sería prudente que fueras, harías mal yendo or en ir

• you would be well advised to go — sería prudente que fueras, harías bien yendo or en ir

• can you advise me on the best route? — ¿me puede aconsejar cuál es la mejor ruta?

• she will advise you what to do — ella te dirá lo que tienes que hacer

• to advise sb of sth — informar a algn de algo; (officially) notificar algo a algn

he wrote to advise me of his decision — me escribió para informarme de or notificarme su decisión

• to keep sb advised of or about sth — mantener a algn al corriente or informado de algo

• to advise sb against doing sth — aconsejar a algn que no haga algo

• no one had advised him of the possible consequences — nadie lo había advertido de las posibles consecuencias

• I would advise against it — yo te lo desaconsejaría, yo no te lo aconsejaría

• to advise on sth — (=give information on) informar or dar información sobre algo; [lawyer, accountant] asesorar sobre algo

job centres will advise on training courses — en las oficinas de empleo informan or dan información sobre cursillos de formación

sconsigliare a qcn. di fare qcs. — to advise sb. not to do o against doing sth., to warn sb. off doing sth

dissuadere qcn. dal fare qcs. — to argue o talk sb. out of doing sth

biscuit jar брит. / cookie jar амер. — форма для пирога

on the jar — разг. приоткрытый

- Когда я там был осенью, в новом районе родилась уже первая тысяча коренных горожан; одну девчушку в нашу честь хотели даже назвать Электра, да я отсоветовал, говорю: назовите Машей или Катей - чудесные имена, а электричество, как и гречневая каша, само себя хвалит! (В. Кетлинская, Дни нашей жизни) — 'When I was there last autumn, the first thousand new citizens had already been born in the town; one little girl's parents actually wanted to call her Electra in our honour, but I advised them against it. Call her Masha or Katya, I said, those are splendid names, and electricity, like good wine, needs no bush.'

- Пшённая каша сама себя хвалит! - сказал Ксан Ксаныч и покачал головой, удивляясь молодой Тосиной нескромности. (Б. Бедный, Девчата) — 'Patting your own back, eh?' Xan Xanich said, shaking his head at such immodesty in a girl so young.

advise somebody not to do or against doing something — jemandem abraten, etwas zu tun

I wouldn't advise it — ich würde es nicht raten or empfehlen

I would advise you to do it/not to do it — ich würde dir zuraten/abraten

what would you advise me to do? — was or wozu würden Sie mir raten?

to advise sb of sth — jdn von etw in Kenntnis setzen

I shall do as you advise — ich werde tun, was Sie mir raten

his function is merely to advise — er hat nur beratende Funktion

advise somebody not to do or against doing something — jemandem abraten, etwas zu tun

nahe or dicht daran — right up against it, up close against it

nahe daran sein (fig) — to be on the point of it, to be just about to

nahe daran sein, etw zu tun — to be on the point of doing sth, to be just about to do sth

er hat dicht daran vorbeigeschossen — his shot just missed it

die Kinder sind wieder daran gewesen (inf) — the children have been at it again

im Anschluss daran findet eine Diskussion statt — it/this/that will be followed by a discussion

erst fand ein Vortrag statt, daran schloss sich eine Diskussion — first there was a lecture which was followed by a discussion or and after that a discussion

er ist schlecht daran (gesundheitlich, finanziell) — he's in a bad way (inf)

er ist gut daran (gesundheitlich, finanziell) — he's OK (inf)

ich weiß nie, wie ich (bei ihm) daran bin — I never know where I am with him

was macht der Aufsatz? – ich bin zurzeit daran — how's the essay doing? – I'm (working) on it now

er war daran interessiert — he was interested in it

erinnere mich daran — remind me about or of that

daran wird er zugrunde or zu Grunde gehen — that will be the ruin of him

wir haben großen Anteil daran genommen — we sympathized deeply

daran sieht man, wie... — there you (can) see how...

das Beste/Schönste/Schlimmste etc daran — the best/nicest/worst etc thing about it

es ist kein wahres Wort daran — there isn't a word of truth in it, not a word of it is true

es hängt etwas daran — something is hanging from it/them

er klammert sich daran — (auch fig.) he clings to it

er klammert sich daran — (auch fig.) he clings to it