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1 self-defence, self-defense
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2 civil defence
noun ((American civil defense) the organization responsible for protection of civilians from enemy bombing etc and for rescue operations after such attacks.) civilna zaščita -
3 secretary
['sekrətəri]plural - secretaries; noun1) (a person employed to write letters, keep records and make business arrangements etc for another person: He dictated a letter to his secretary.) tajnik, tajnica2) (a (sometimes unpaid) person who deals with the official business of an organization etc: The secretary read out the minutes of the society's last meeting.) tajnik•* * *[sékrətri]nountajnik, sekretar; American minister; pisalna miza; zapisnikar, tajnik (društva); printing tisk, ki posnema lepopisthe Secretary of State for Foreign Aflaires, Foreign Secretary — minister za zunanje zadeve, zunanji ministerSecretary for War, War Secretary — vojni minister -
4 speech
[spi: ]1) ((the act of) saying words, or the ability to say words: Speech is one method of communication between people.) govor2) (the words said: His speech is full of colloquialisms.) govor3) (manner or way of speaking: His speech is very slow.) način govorjenja4) (a formal talk given to a meeting etc: parliamentary speeches.) govor•- speechlessly
- speechlessness* * *[spi:č]noungovor, nagovor; govorjenje; kar je rečeno; sposobnost govora, govorniška umetnost; pogovor, konverzacija; jezik, dialekt; music zvok, ton (instrumenta)to have a speech of s.o. — pogovarjati se s kom -
5 witness
['witnəs] 1. noun1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) priča2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) priča3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) priča2. verb1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) biti priča2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) overiti•- bear witness* * *I [wítnis]nounpriča; očividec, gledalec; pričevanje; dokaz, spričevalo, potrdilo; (knjigoveštvo) neobrezana stranin witness of — v dokaz, kot potrdilowitness box, American witness stand — klop, prostor za pričo (na sodišču)to call s.o. to witness — poklicati koga kot pričoto bear witness to ( —ali of) — pričati o (čem), potrditi (kaj)to subpoena a witness — poklicati, pozvati pred sodišče kot pričoII [wítnis]transitive verb(iz)pričati, potrditi, dokazati; overiti (podpis ali s podpisom), podpisati (listino) kot priča; biti priča (očividec), prisostvovati (čemu); videti na lastne oči; intransitive verb pričati (against, for ali to proti, za); biti priča, biti za pričoto witness heaven! obsolete bog mi je priča!to witness my poverty! — moja revščina naj mi je priča!to witness to s.th. figuratively izpričati, potrditi kaj -
6 Ring defence
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