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1 advocate
1. ['ædvəkət] noun(a supporter, a person who is in favour (of): an advocate of reform.) zagovornik2. [-keit] verb(to recommend: He advocated increasing the charges.) priporočiti* * *I [aedvəkit, -keit]nounodvetnik, branilec, zagovornik, advokatto be a great advocate of s.th. — dosti dati na kajII [aedvəkeit]transitive verbbraniti, zagovarjati, zavzemati se; priporočati -
2 judge
1. verb1) (to hear and try (cases) in a court of law: Who will be judging this murder case?) soditi2) (to decide which is the best in a competition etc: Is she going to judge the singing competition again?; Who will be judging the vegetables at the flower show?; Who is judging at the horse show?) ocenjevati3) (to consider and form an idea of; to estimate: You can't judge a man by his appearance; Watch how a cat judges the distance before it jumps; She couldn't judge whether he was telling the truth.) presoditi4) (to criticize for doing wrong: We have no right to judge him - we might have done the same thing ourselves.) obsojati2. noun1) (a public officer who hears and decides cases in a law court: The judge asked if the jury had reached a verdict.) sodnik2) (a person who decides which is the best in a competition etc: The judge's decision is final (= you cannot argue with the judge's decision); He was asked to be on the panel of judges at the beauty contest.) razsodnik3) (a person who is skilled at deciding how good etc something is: He says she's honest, and he's a good judge of character; He seems a very fine pianist to me, but I'm no judge.) dober poznavalec•- judgement- judgment
- judging from / to judge from
- pass judgement on
- pass judgement* * *I [džʌdž]nounjuridically sodnikfiguratively razsodnik; izvedenec, strokovnjak, dober poznavalec česa (of); military judge advocate — sodnik pri naglem sodiščuas God's my judge! — pri bogu!II [džʌdž]1.transitive verbsoditi, razsoditi, presoditi, odločiti (s.th. kaj, that da); sklepati (by po), preceniti;2.intransitive verbrazsoditi, izreči sodbo; ustvariti si sodbo (of o, by, from po); domnevati, soditi, mislitijudge for yourself! — sam presodi!I judge that — sodim, da; domnevam -
3 adv.
abbreviationadverb; advocate -
4 Adv.
abbreviationAdvent; advocate -
5 counsel
1. noun1) (advice: He'll give you good counsel on your problems.) nasvet2) (a barrister or advocate: counsel for the defence.) odvetnik2. verb(to advise; to recommend.) svetovati* * *I [káunsəl]transitive verbsvetovati; priporočiti; opomnitito counsel for s.o. — zastopati koga pred sodiščemII [káunsəl]nounposvetovanje; svet, nasvet; namera, načrt; odvetnik; svetovaleccounsel of perfection — nasvet, ki se po njem ni mogoče ravnatito take counsel with s.o. — posvetovati se s komto take counsel with one's pillow — dobro si stvar premisliti, prespati joto keep one's own counsel — prikrivati svoje namene, obdržati stvar zase, tajiti -
6 devil
['devl]1) (the spirit of evil; Satan: He does not worship God - he worships the Devil.) vrag2) (any evil or wicked spirit or person: That woman is a devil!) hudič3) (a person who is bad or disapproved of: She's a lazy devil.) vrag4) (an unfortunate person for whom one feels pity: Poor devils! I feel really sorry for them.) revež* * *I [dévl]nounvrag, hudobec, zli duh; hudobnež; nesrečnež, revež; stroj za trganje krp; močno začinjena jedbetween the devil and the deep sea — med dvema ognjema, med Scilo in Karibdodevil's advocate — zagovornik zla, tisti, ki dela medvedjo uslugodevil's books — karte, hudičeve podobicewhat comes under the devil's back, goes under his belly — kar si pridobimo po krivici, nam ne prinese koristi; kar hudič prikveka, nima tekato hold a candle to the devil — pomagati hudobnežu, sodelovati pri zločinuzoology colloquially devil's darning needle — kačji pastirdevil's delight — pretep, prepiras the devil likes Holy Water — sploh ne, prav ničlucky devil — srečnik, -nicathe devil of a — velikanski; ogromno, neznanskoto paint the devil blacker than he is — smatrati za slabše kakor je v resnici; risati hudiča na stenothe devil to pay — velika neprijetnost, splošno razburjenjemilitary slang devil's piano — strojnicato play the devil with — nevarno poškodovati, uničiti, slabo s kom ravnatiprinter's devil — tiskarski vajenec; tiskarjev kurirpull devil, pull baker — see bakerII [dévl]intransitive verb & transitive verbgarirati, ocvreti in začiniti; opravljati podrejeno delo za drugega; garati; trgati krpe (stroj)to devil s.o. — prisiliti koga, da gara za druge -
7 J.A.
abbreviationmilitary Judge Advocate -
8 J.A.G.
abbreviationmilitary Judge Advocate General -
9 L.Adv.
abbreviationjuridically Lord Advocate -
10 L.A.S.
abbreviationLand Agents' Society; juridically Lord Advocate of Scotland -
11 urgent
['ə:‹ənt](needing immediate attention: There is an urgent message for the doctor.) nujen- urgently- urgency* * *[ɜ:džənt]adjective ( urgently adverb)nujen, pritiskajoč, vztrajno zahtevajoč; vztrajen, vnet; zelo potreben; resenan urgent need of — hudo, težko pomanjkanje (česa), potreba (po čem)he is an urgent advocate of reform — on je vztrajen (vnet, goreč) zagovornik reformeto be urgent with s.o. to... ( —ali for) — pritiskati na koga, da... (za)
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