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♦ advice /ədˈvaɪs/n.1 [u] consiglio, consigli: He gave me some good advice, mi diede dei buoni consigli; My advice is to wait, il mio consiglio è di aspettare; Let me give you a piece of advice, lascia che ti dia un consiglio; Take my advice, segui i miei consigli; da' retta a me; to follow sb. 's advice, seguire i consigli di q.; sound advice, buoni consigli; unsolicited advice, parere non richiesto2 [u] parere ( di professionista); raccomandazione; consiglio; consulenza: legal advice, parere legale; to take (legal) advice, consultare un avvocato; chiedere un parere legale; professional advice, consulenza professionale; to take medical advice, consultare un medico; on your advice, dietro raccomandazione tua; to seek advice, chiedere un parere; expert advice, parere di un esperto3 (comm., fin.) avviso; notifica: advice note, lettera d'avviso; ( banca) avviso di accreditamento; (comm.) avviso di spedizione; ( Borsa) advice of deal, avviso d'operazione compiuta; as per advice, come da avviso4 (arc.) comunicazione; notizia; informazione. -
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advice [əd'vaɪs]∎ a piece of advice un conseil;∎ he asked his father's advice, he asked his father for advice il a demandé conseil à ou a consulté son père;∎ let me give you some advice permettez que je vous donne un conseil ou que je vous conseille;∎ to take or follow sb's advice suivre le conseil de qn;∎ take my advice and say nothing to her suis mon conseil, ne lui dis rien;∎ when I want your advice I'll ask for it! quand j'aurai besoin de tes conseils, je saurai te les demander!;∎ if you take my advice you'll not have anything to do with them suis mon conseil, ne te mêle pas de leurs affaires;∎ my advice to you would be to write a letter of apology je te conseille d'envoyer une lettre d'excuses;∎ I took or followed your advice and called him suivant votre conseil, je l'ai appelé;∎ to take legal/medical advice consulter un avocat/un médecin∎ advice of delivery/payment avis m de livraison/de paiement;∎ as per advice suivant avis;∎ letter of advice lettre f d'avis►► Press advice column (agony column) courrier m du cœur; (for practical advice) rubrique f pratique;Finance advice note lettre f d'avis -
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advice [ədˈvaɪs]• to take medical/legal advice consulter un médecin/un avocat* * *[əd'vaɪs]a word ou piece of advice — un conseil
if you want my advice — ( opinion) si tu veux mon avis
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advice n1 ¢ ( informal) conseils mpl (on sur ; about à propos de) ; his advice to them was to keep calm/to pay il leur a conseillé de rester calmes/de payer ; her advice that parents should reward their children son conseil aux parents de récompenser leurs enfants ; a word ou piece of advice un conseil ; to give sb advice donner des conseils à qn ; to take ou follow sb's advice suivre les conseils de qn ; to do sth against sb's advice faire qch malgré les recommandations de qn ; to do sth on sb's advice faire qch sur la recommandation de qn ; it was sound/good advice c'était un conseil judicieux/un bon conseil ; if you want my advice ( opinion) si tu veux mon avis ;2 ¢ ( professional) to seek ou take advice from sb (about sth) demander conseil à qn (à propos de qch) ; to seek financial/legal/medical advice consulter un expert financier/un avocat/un médecin ; to follow medical advice suivre les conseils du médecin ; get expert advice consultez un spécialiste ; I shall have to take legal advice il faudra que je consulte un avocat ; -
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advice 1. COMMS Anzeige f, Mitteilung f (notification); Bescheinigung f, Schein m (note); 2. GEN Beratung f, Rat m; Anzeige f, Benachrichtigung f (notification); Avis m (note); 3. INS Anzeige f (stock); 4. LAW Rechtsberatung f (legal advice); (BE) Rechtsgutachten n (legal counsel’s opinion) • advice enclosed COMMS Benachrichtigung beigefügt • as per advice from GEN laut Anzeige von, laut Avis von, laut Bericht von • as per advice of GEN laut Anzeige von, laut Avis von, laut Bericht von • no advice, N\A GEN kein Avis, ohne Avis -
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ADVICE(S)В отличие от русского существительного совет – советы английское advice является неисчисляемым существительным и никогда не употребляется во множественном числе. В единственном числе advice не употребляется с неопределенным артиклем. Таким образом, good advice соответствует русским 'хороший совет' и 'хорошие советы'; several pieces (bits, words) of advice означает 'несколько советов'. Advices имеет совершенно иное значение – 'сообщения, сведения' (особенно из области международных отношений): late advices from Tunisia.Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > advice(s)
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ADVICE(S)В отличие от русского существительного совет – советы английское advice является неисчисляемым существительным и никогда не употребляется во множественном числе. В единственном числе advice не употребляется с неопределенным артиклем. Таким образом, good advice соответствует русским 'хороший совет' и 'хорошие советы'; several pieces (bits, words) of advice означает 'несколько советов'. Advices имеет совершенно иное значение – 'сообщения, сведения' (особенно из области международных отношений): late advices from Tunisia.Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > advice(s)
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advice [ədˊvaɪs] n1) сове́т;to give advice сове́товать
;to follow the doctor's advice сле́довать сове́ту врача́
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advice to follow the controller's advanceвыполнять указание диспетчераprepared ticket advice advanceуведомление о предварительной оплате билета -
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(suggestions to a person about what he should do: You must seek legal advice if you want a divorce; Let me give you a piece of advice.) consejo- advise- advisable
- advisability
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advice n consejosshe gave me some advice me dio consejos / me aconsejó advice es un nombre incontable; para traducir un consejo se dice a piece of advicetr[əd'vaɪs]1 consejos nombre masculino plural2 SMALLCOMMERCE/SMALL aviso, nota\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto take/follow somebody's advice seguir el consejo de alguiento take legal advice consultar con un abogadoadvice note nota de aviso, notificación nombre femeninoa piece of advice un consejoadvice [æd'vaɪs] n: consejo m, recomendación ftake my advice: sigue mis consejosn.• amonestación s.f.• consejo s.m.• noticia s.f.• opinión s.f.əd'vaɪshe gave me some good advice — me dio buenos consejos, me aconsejó bien
advice on o about something: I'd like some advice on these contracts quisiera que se me aconsejara or se me asesorara sobre estos contratos; to give somebody advice aconsejar a alguien; to seek medical advice consultar a un médico; to take o follow somebody's advice seguir* los consejos de alguien; take my advice — hazme caso
b) u c ( notification) aviso m, notificación f[ǝd'vaɪs]1. Nit was good advice or a good piece of advice — fue un buen consejo
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he did it against the advice of friends — lo hizo en contra de lo que le aconsejaron sus amigos•
to follow sb's advice — seguir el consejo or los consejos de algn•
let me give you some advice — permíteme que te dé un consejo, permíteme que te aconseje•
if you want my advice... — si quieres (seguir) mi consejo...my advice to you is not to say anything — te aconsejo no decir nada, mi consejo es que no digas nada
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I need your advice — necesito que me aconsejes•
on the advice of sb — siguiendo el consejo or los consejos de algn•
a piece of advice — un consejo•
to take sb's advice — seguir el consejo or los consejos de algn, hacer caso a algntake my advice and stay away from him! — ¡sigue mi consejo y no te metas con él!, ¡hazme caso y no te metas con él!
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when I want your advice I'll ask for it — cuando quiera que me aconsejes te lo pediré, cuando quiera tu consejo te lo pediré2) (=professional help, information) asesoramiento m•
you need expert advice — necesitas el asesoramiento de un experto, necesitas hacerte asesorar por un experto•
the tourist office will give us advice on places to visit — la oficina de turismo nos asesorará sobre qué lugares visitar•
to seek sb's advice — consultar a algn, hacerse asesorar por algnto seek professional/medical advice — consultar a or hacerse asesorar por un profesional/médico
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to take legal advice — consultar a un abogado, asesorarse con un abogado3) (Comm) aviso m, notificación f2.CPDadvice column N — (gen) consultorio m ; (agony aunt's) consultorio m sentimental
advice columnist (US) N — (gen) redactor(a) m / f de consultorio; (=agony aunt) redactor(a) m / f de consultorio sentimental
advice line N — servicio m de asesoramiento por teléfono
advice note N — nota f de aviso
advice service N — servicio m de asesoramiento
* * *[əd'vaɪs]he gave me some good advice — me dio buenos consejos, me aconsejó bien
advice on o about something: I'd like some advice on these contracts quisiera que se me aconsejara or se me asesorara sobre estos contratos; to give somebody advice aconsejar a alguien; to seek medical advice consultar a un médico; to take o follow somebody's advice seguir* los consejos de alguien; take my advice — hazme caso
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(counsel) Rat, deron somebody's advice — auf jemandes Rat (Akk.) hin
a piece of advice — ein Rat[schlag]
if you ask or want my advice — wenn du meinen Rat hören willst
ask somebody's advice [on something] — jemanden [wegen etwas] um Rat bitten
take somebody's advice — jemandes Rat (Dat.) folgen
* * *(suggestions to a person about what he should do: You must seek legal advice if you want a divorce; Let me give you a piece of advice.) der Rat- academic.ru/887/advise">advise- advisable
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- advisory* * *ad·vice[ədˈvaɪs]nmy \advice is to give yourself up to the police ich würde dir raten, dich der Polizei zu stellensome [or a piece of] \advice ein Rat[schlag] m, eine Empfehlungfinancial/legal \advice Finanz-/Rechtsberatung fto take financial/legal/medical \advice einen Finanzexperten/Rechtsanwalt/Arzt zurate ziehen, sich akk finanziell/rechtlich/medizinisch beraten lassento ask [sb] for \advice [jdn] um Rat fragen [o bitten]to give sb some good \advice jdm einen guten Rat gebento ignore sb's \advice nicht auf jds Rat hörento take sb's \advice jds Rat[schlag] beherzigen [o befolgen]take my \advice! hör[e] auf mich [o meinen Rat]!▪ on sb's \advice auf jds Rat hin\advice of delivery Rückschein mas per \advice laut Bericht [o fachspr Avis]* * *[əd'vaɪs]n1) no pl Rat m no pllet me give you a piece of advice or some advice —
you're a fine one to give advice — du hast gut raten, ausgerechnet du willst hier Ratschläge geben
his advice was always useful — er gab immer guten Rat or gute Ratschläge
to take sb's advice — jds Rat ( be)folgen
to seek (sb's) advice — (jdn) um Rat fragen; (from doctor, lawyer etc) Rat (bei jdm) einholen
to take medical/legal advice — einen Arzt/Rechtsanwalt zu Rate ziehen
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2) (COMM: notification) Mitteilung f, Avis m or nt* * *1. Rat m, Ratschlag m oder Ratschläge pl:a piece of advice ein Rat(schlag);he went to a priest for advice er ging zu einem Priester, um sich Rat zu holen oder um sich beraten zu lassen; er wandte sich Rat suchend an einen Priester;on sb’s advice auf jemandes Anraten, auf jemandes Rat hin;she gave me some good advice sie gab mir einen guten Rat;from bei);take legal advice sich juristisch beraten lassen;take medical advice ärztlichen Rat einholen, einen Arzt zurate ziehen;2. a) Nachricht f, Benachrichtigung fb) WIRTSCH Avis m/n, Avisierung f, Anzeige f:as per advice laut Avis;advice of credit Gutschriftsanzeige;advice note schriftliche Anzeige* * *noun, no pl., no indef. art.(counsel) Rat, deron somebody's advice — auf jemandes Rat (Akk.) hin
a piece of advice — ein Rat[schlag]
if you ask or want my advice — wenn du meinen Rat hören willst
ask somebody's advice [on something] — jemanden [wegen etwas] um Rat bitten
take somebody's advice — jemandes Rat (Dat.) folgen
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[ədˈvaɪs]advice ком. авизо (тж. letter of advice) advice авизо advice извещение advice извещение; уведомление; авизо advice информация advice консультация (юриста, врача) advice консультация advice совет; to give advice советовать; to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врача advice совет advice совет; консультация advice (обыкн. pl) сообщение advice сообщение advice уведомление advice of adjustment извещение о платеже advice of arrival извещение о прибытии груза advice of arrival сообщение о приезде advice of balance информация о сальдо advice of dishonour уведомление об отказе от акцепта advice of dishonour уведомление об отказе от платежа advice of dispatch извещение об отправке груза advice of excess parcels уведомление о дополнительной партии товара advice of irregularity уведомление об отклонении от нормы advice of payment извещение о платеже advice of payment сообщение о получении денег advice of payment уведомление о погашении долга advice of payment уведомление об оплате advice of receipt уведомление о получении груза claim advice страх. заявление об ущербе credit advice кредитовое авизо customer advice авизо клиента debit advice дебетовое авизо entry advice бухг. извещение о проводке advice совет; to give advice советовать; to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врача giro transfer advice уведомление о жиропереводе advice совет; to give advice советовать; to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врача individual advice личный совет investment advice извещение об инвестировании legal advice консультация юриста legal advice юридическая помощь legal advice юридический совет legal: advice profession профессия юриста; legal advice совет юриста payment advice извещение о произведенном платеже seek advice обращаться за советом seek: advice просить, обращаться; to seek advice обращаться за советом; seek after, seek for добиваться (чего-л.) shipping advice извещение об отправке груза take legal advice запрашивать заключение юриста take legal advice консультироваться с юристом -
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n1) совет; консультация2) извещение, уведомление3) авизо
- advance advice
- bank's advice
- banker's advice
- cable advice
- client's credit advice
- collection advice
- credit advice
- debit advice
- draft advice
- draft drawing advice
- draft payment advice
- early advice
- express advice
- forwarding advice
- forwarding agent's advice
- incoming advice
- legal advice
- outgoing advice
- payment advice
- postal advice
- preliminary advice
- railway advice
- remittance advice
- seller's advice
- shipping advice
- transfer advice
- transport advice
- advice of acceptance
- advice of a bank
- advice of collection
- advice of delivery
- advice of dispatch
- advice of a draft
- advice of insurance
- advice of a letter of credit
- advice of nonacceptance
- advice of nonpayment
- advice of payment
- advice of shipment
- advice on production
- advice on remittance on the client's account
- as per advice
- under advice
- cancel an advice
- forward an advice
- receive an advice
- send an adviceEnglish-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > advice
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ədˈvaɪs сущ.
1) совет (about, on) to follow the doctor's advice ≈ следовать совету врача to give advice ≈ давать совет, советовать to act on( follow, take) advice ≈ последовать чьему-л. совету to disregard (refuse, turn a deaf ear to) advice ≈ не послушаться совета, пропустить мимо ушей friendly advice ≈ дружеский совет good advice ≈ дельный совет sage advice ≈ мудрый совет sensible/sound advice ≈ разумный совет misleading advice ≈ совет, вводящий в заблуждение professional advice ≈ профессиональный совет, мнение эксперта, мнение профессионала unsolicited advice ≈ "бесплатный" совет;
совет, данный добровольно a bit, piece, word of advice ≈ совет my advice to him was that... ≈ я посоветовал ему, чтобы он... We took his advice to remain silent. ≈ Мы последовали его совету помолчать. My advice is that you see/should see a doctor advice. ≈ Советую вам сходить ко врачу. I acted on/upon her advice. ≈ Я поступил по ее совету. Syn: counsel, recommendation
2) консультация( юриста, врача)
3) обыкн. мн. сообщение
4) коммерч. авизо (тж. letter of advice)совет;
- a piece of * совет;
- to ask smb.'s * советоваться с кем-л;
- to follow smb.'s * следовать чьему-л совету;
- to take smb.'s * послушаться чьего-л совета;
советоваться с кем-л;
- to act on smb.'s * действовать по чьему-л совету консультация (юриста, врача) ;
- legal * консультация юриста обыкн. pl сообщение;
информация;
извещение, уведомление;
- disagreeable *s неприятные новости;
- * from abroad informs us that из сообщений, поступивших из-за рубежа, мы узнали, что( коммерческое) авизо (историческое) посыльное судно, авизо в грам. знач. гл.: (коммерческое) авизоватьadvice ком. авизо (тж. letter of advice) ~ авизо ~ извещение ~ извещение;
уведомление;
авизо ~ информация ~ консультация (юриста, врача) ~ консультация ~ совет;
to give advice советовать;
to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врача ~ совет ~ совет;
консультация ~ (обыкн. pl) сообщение ~ сообщение ~ уведомление~ of arrival извещение о прибытии груза ~ of arrival сообщение о приезде~ of dispatch извещение об отправке груза~ of irregularity уведомление об отклонении от нормы~ of payment извещение о платеже ~ of payment сообщение о получении денег ~ of payment уведомление о погашении долга ~ of payment уведомление об оплате~ of receipt уведомление о получении грузаcustomer ~ авизо клиентаentry ~ бухг. извещение о проводке~ совет;
to give advice советовать;
to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врачаgiro transfer ~ уведомление о жиропереводе~ совет;
to give advice советовать;
to follow the doctor's advice следовать совету врачаindividual ~ личный советinvestment ~ извещение об инвестированииlegal ~ консультация юриста legal ~ юридическая помощь legal ~ юридический совет legal: ~ profession профессия юриста;
legal advice совет юристаpayment ~ извещение о произведенном платежеseek ~ обращаться за советом seek: ~ просить, обращаться;
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------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] bamba[Swahili Plural] bamba[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] kauli[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[English Plural] advice[Swahili Word] kidokezo[Swahili Plural] vidokezo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Derived Word] dokeza------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] maonyo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 6[Derived Word] ona V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] mwongozo[Swahili Plural] miongozo[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] ongoa V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] nasaha[Swahili Plural] nasaha[Part of Speech] noun[Derived Word] Arabic[Swahili Example] mama-mtu nasaha hazikumwisha midomoni [Moh], lakini nasaha hazikumwombea Rehema [Sul]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] onyo[Swahili Plural] maonyo[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] ona V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] rai[Swahili Plural] rai[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[English Plural] advice[Swahili Word] shauri[Swahili Plural] mashauri[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 5/6[Derived Word] Arabic[English Example] (s)he wanted his/her mother to accept the advice of being taken to the hospital[Swahili Example] alitaka mamaake aridhi shauri la kupelekwa hospitali [Moh], mpeleke huyu mwanamke kwa wazee wa 'Mashauri' [Ng]------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] ushauri[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 14[Derived Word] shauri V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] advice[Swahili Word] zulio[Swahili Plural] mazulio[Part of Speech] noun[Note] rare------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] ask for advice[Swahili Word] -taka shauri[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] ask for advice[Swahili Word] -taka shauri[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] give advice[Swahili Word] -taradhia[Part of Speech] verb------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] give each other good advice[Swahili Word] -sisitizana[Part of Speech] verb[Class] associative------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] give good advice[Swahili Word] -nasihi[Part of Speech] verb[Derived Word] nasaha V------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] maowidha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] maowidha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] mauidha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] mawaidha[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] suna[Swahili Plural] suna[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Derived Word] Arabic------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice[Swahili Word] suni[Swahili Plural] suni[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice (piece of)[Swahili Word] sina[Swahili Plural] sina[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] good advice (piece of)[Swahili Word] sini[Swahili Plural] sini[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10------------------------------------------------------------[English Word] one who can be relied on to give good advice[Swahili Word] mhenga[Swahili Plural] wahenga[Part of Speech] noun------------------------------------------------------------
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advice — advice, advise 1. Advice is a noun (‘an opinion given about future action’) and advise a verb (‘to give advice to’), in both BrE and AmE: • The hardest thing is knowing where to go to get help, to get the advice and information you need The Face … Modern English usage
advice — [ad vīs′, ədvīs′] n. [ME avis < OFr < ML advisum < advisus, pp. of advidere < L ad , at + videre, to look] 1. opinion given as to what to do or how to handle a situation; counsel 2. [usually pl.] information or report [diplomatic… … English World dictionary
advice — (n.) late 13c., auys opinion, from O.Fr. avis opinion, view, judgment, idea (13c.), from phrase ço m est à vis it seems to me, or from V.L. *mi est visum in my view, ultimately from L. visum, neuter pp. of videre to see (see VISION (Cf. vision)) … Etymology dictionary
advice — [n] recommendation admonition, advisement, advocacy, aid, bum steer*, caution, charge, consultation, counsel, directions, dissuasion, encouragement, exhortation, forewarning, guidance, help, information, injunction, input, instruction, judgment,… … New thesaurus
advice — ► NOUN 1) guidance or recommendations offered with regard to future action. 2) a formal notice of a sale or other transaction. ORIGIN Old French avis, from Latin ad to + videre to see … English terms dictionary
advice */*/*/ — UK [ədˈvaɪs] / US noun [uncountable] Get it right: advice: Advice is an uncountable noun, so: ▪ it is never used in the plural ▪ it never comes after an or a number Wrong: Naomi Wolf gave me a good advice in her book. Right: Naomi Wolf gave me… … English dictionary