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1 behalf
- on behalf of someone- on behalf of* * *[bihá:f]nounkorist, prid; dobičekin ( —ali on) s.o.'s behalf — komu v prid, na ljubo; zavoljo, namesto, v imenu koga -
2 act on behalf of / act for
(to do something for (someone else); to act as the representative of (someone): My lawyer is acting on my behalf; He is also acting on behalf of my mother; She is acting for the headmaster in his absence.) predstavljati -
3 on behalf of (someone)
(for, or in the interests of: on behalf of all our members; I'm collecting on behalf of the blind.) v imenu, za -
4 on behalf of (someone)
(for, or in the interests of: on behalf of all our members; I'm collecting on behalf of the blind.) v imenu, za -
5 act
[ækt] 1. verb1) (to do something: It's time the government acted to lower taxes.) ukrepati2) (to behave: He acted foolishly at the meeting.) vesti se3) (to perform (a part) in a play: He has acted (the part of Romeo) in many theatres; I thought he was dying, but he was only acting (= pretending).) igrati2. noun1) (something done: Running away is an act of cowardice; He committed many cruel acts.) dejanje2) ((often with capital) a law: Acts of Parliament.) ukrep3) (a section of a play: `Hamlet' has five acts.) dejanje4) (an entertainment: an act called `The Smith Family'.) veseloigra•- acting- actor
- act as
- act on
- act on behalf of / act for
- in the act of
- in the act
- put on an act* * *I [ækt]noundelo; dejanje; zakon, listina; svečanost; sodba; teza za disertacijoact and deed — uradna listina, obveznostin act — v resnici, dejanskoII [ækt]1.transitive verbigrati, predstavljati; hliniti;2.intransitive verbdelovati, služiti, vesti se; (on na) vplivati; ( upon po) ravnati se; pretvarjati seto act upon s.o.'s advice — ravnati se po nasvetu kogato act up to one's reputation — ravnati, kakor smo pričakovali -
6 authority
[o:'Ɵorəti]plural - authorities; noun1) (the power or right to do something: He gave me authority to act on his behalf.) avtoriteta2) (a person who is an expert, or a book that can be referred to, on a particular subject: He is an authority on Roman history.) priznan strokovnjak3) ((usually in plural) the person or people who have power in an administration etc: The authorities would not allow public meetings.) oblast4) (a natural quality in a person which makes him able to control and influence people: a man of authority.) avtoriteta•- authoritative* * *[ɔ:mɔriti]noun( with) ugled; moč, veljava, oblast; vpliv; pooblaščenje; vir poročil; ugledna oseba, strokovnjak; (navadno plural) oblast, uradto be in authority, to carry authority — imeti oblastto be without authority — ne imeti oblasti, nič ne veljati -
7 avenge
[ə'ven‹](to take revenge for a wrong on behalf of someone else: He avenged his brother / his brother's death.) maščevati- avenger* * *[əvéndž]transitive verbmaščevati (se), kaznovatito be avenged on s.o. for s.th. — maščevati se komu za kajto avenge o.s. — maščevati se -
8 brief
[bri:f] 1. adjective(not long; short: a brief visit; a brief account.) kratek2. noun(a short statement of facts (especially in a lawsuit, of a client's case): a lawyer's brief.) kratka razlaga3. verb(to give detailed instructions to (especially a barrister, group of soldiers etc): The astronauts were briefed before the space mission.) dati napotke- briefing- briefly
- briefs
- brevity
- briefcase
- in brief* * *I [bri:f]adjective ( briefly adverb)kratek, jedrnatII [bri:f]nounjuridically kratka razlaga tožbene reči; ecclesiastic papeževo pismo; kratek pregled; plural kratke hlačeto have ( —ali hold) a brief for s.o. — zastopati, braniti kogacolloquially to hold no brief for — ne marati kogaIII [bri:f]transitive verbdajati napotke, natanko poučiti; narediti izvleček, skrajšati; najeti (advokata)IV [bri:f]nounkratkost, jedrnatost, zgoščenost -
9 cudgel
1. noun(a heavy stick or club.) krepelo2. verb(to beat with a cudgel.) klestiti* * *I [kʌdžəl]noungorjača, krepelce, kijII [kʌdžəl]transitive verbtepsti, klestiti; (for, about zaradi) to cudgel one's brains — glavo si beliti -
10 fight
1. past tense, past participle - fought; verb1) (to act against (someone or something) with physical violence: The two boys are fighting over (= because of) some money they found.) pretepati se2) (to resist strongly; to take strong action to prevent: to fight a fire; We must fight against any attempt to deprive us of our freedom.) upirati se3) (to quarrel: His parents were always fighting.) prepirati se2. noun1) (an act of physical violence between people, countries etc: There was a fight going on in the street.) spopad2) (a struggle; action involving effort: the fight for freedom of speech; the fight against disease.) boj3) (the will or strength to resist: There was no fight left in him.) bojevitost4) (a boxing-match.) dvoboj•- fighter- fight back
- fight it out
- fight off
- fight one's way
- fight shy of
- put up a good fight* * *I [fait]nounboj, borba, bitka, spopad, dvoboj, mečevanje; prepir, pretep; tekma; bojevitostcolloquially a dog fight — borba v zrakuto show fight — pokazati pripravljenost za boj, pokazati zobesham fight — manever, navidezna bitkahand-to-hand fight — pretep, boj na nožII [fait]transitive verb & transitive verb(against, about, for, with, on behalf of) boriti, vojskovati se; odbijati; braniti (se); priboriti si; premagati; pestiti se, boksati; prepirati sethat cock won't fight — to ne bo držalo; tukaj nekaj ni v reduto fight with one's gloves off — ne izbirati sredstev za boj, ne prijemati koga z rokavicamito fight a lone hand — boriti se sam, brez pomočito fight shy of s.o. — izogibati se koga -
11 finger
['fiŋɡə] 1. noun1) (one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb: She pointed a finger at the thief.) prst2) (the part of a glove into which a finger is put.) prst3) (anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger: a finger of toast.) prst2. verb(to touch or feel with the fingers: She fingered the material.) otipati- fingerprint
- fingertip
- be all fingers and thumbs / my fingers are all thumbs
- have something at one's fingertips
- have at one's fingertips
- have a finger in the pie / in every pie
- put one's finger on* * *I [fíŋgə]nounprst; mera za globino ali debelost; kazalec (na uri)by a finger's breadth — komaj, za lasto be finger and glove with s.o. — biti s kom zelo zaupento look through one's fingers — spregledati kaj, skozi prste gledatiII [fíŋgə]transitive verbotipati, dotakniti se; vzeti; music ubirati (strune); določiti prstni red -
12 for
[fo:] 1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) za2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) proti3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) v; čez4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) za; na5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) za6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) za7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) za8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) za9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) za10) (because of: for this reason.) zaradi11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) za12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) za13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) za14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) za15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) kljub2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) ker* * *I [fɔ:, fə]prepositionza; zaradi; proti; namesto; glede nafor all — navzlic, kljubas for me — kar se mene tiče, zastran menecolloquially to be in for, to be for it — pričakovati (sitnosti, težave)colloquially to be out for — nameravatibut for — ko bi ne bilo, breznow for them! — na juriš!slang to go for a soldier — postati vojakto give a Roland for an Oliver — poplačati enako z enakim, vrniti milo za dragohe wants for nothing — nič mu ne manjka, vsega ima dovoljfor all ( —ali aught) I know... — kolikor je meni znano...for instance, for example — na primerto look for s.th. — iskati kajfor shame! — sram te (vas) bodi!she could not speak for weeping — tako se je jokala, da ni mogla govoritiMary for ever! — naj živi Marija!II [fɔ:]conjunctionkajti; ker; zato, ker; zaradi; za -
13 intercede
[intə'si:d]1) (to try to put an end to a fight, argument etc between two people, countries etc: All attempts to intercede between the two nations failed.) posredovati2) (to try to persuade someone not to do something to someone else: The condemned murderer's family interceded (with the President) on his behalf.) posredovati•* * *[intəsí:d]intransitive verb -
14 lance
1. noun(a weapon of former times with a long shaft or handle of wood, a spearhead and often a small flag.) kopje2. verb(to cut open (a boil etc) with a knife: The doctor lanced the boil on my neck.) razrezati z lanceto* * *I [la:ns]nounkopje, sulica, harpuna; kopjanik, kopjenosecto break a lance with s.o. — znanstveno se prepirati s kom; figuratively zlomiti sulicoto break a lance for ( —ali on behalf of) s.o. — potegniti se za koga, braniti kogafree lance — svoboden politik, svoboden novinar; plačan vojakII [la:ns]transitive verbprebosti (s sulico, kopjem), napasti; poetically vreči; medicine vrezati, razrezati z lanceto -
15 legation
[li'ɡeiʃən]((the headquarters of) an official group of people acting on behalf of the government of their own country etc in another country.) predstavništvo* * *[ligéišən]nounposlaništvo, odposlanstvo, legacija misija -
16 of
[əv]1) (belonging to: a friend of mine.) od2) (away from (a place etc); after (a given time): within five miles of London; within a year of his death.) iz; od3) (written etc by: the plays of Shakespeare.)4) (belonging to or forming a group: He is one of my friends.) od5) (showing: a picture of my father.)6) (made from; consisting of: a dress of silk; a collection of pictures.) iz7) (used to show an amount, measurement of something: a gallon of petrol; five bags of coal.)8) (about: an account of his work.) o9) (containing: a box of chocolates.) s, z10) (used to show a cause: She died of hunger.) zaradi11) (used to show a loss or removal: She was robbed of her jewels.)12) (used to show the connection between an action and its object: the smoking of a cigarette.)13) (used to show character, qualities etc: a man of courage.)14) ((American) (of time) a certain number of minutes before (the hour): It's ten minutes of three.) pred* * *[əv]preposition1.od ( north ŋ);2.genetiv ( the master of the house);3.apozicija (the City of London, the month of May);4.(poreklo, izvor) od, iz, genetiv (of good family, Mr. Smith of London);5.(vzrok, posledica) zaradi, od, na (to die of hunger, to be ashamed of s.th., proud ŋ);6.(snov, material) od, iz (made of steel, a dress of silk);7.(lastnost) s, z (a man of courage, a man of no importance, a fool of a man);8.(avtorstvo, način) od, svojilni pridevnik (the works of Byron, of o.s. sam od sebe);9.(mera) genetiv (two feet of snow, a glass of wine);10.o (talk of peace, news of success);11.(čas) večinom genetiv, od (of an evening, of late years, your letter of March);12.American colloquiallypred, do ( ten minutes of three);13.of course — seveda, se razumein face of, in spite of — vkljubon account of, because of — zaradito be on the point of (going) — biti na tem, da bo (šel), biti na (odhodu) -
17 represent
[reprə'zent] 1. verb1) (to speak or act on behalf of: You have been chosen to represent our association at the conference.) zastopati2) (to be a sign, symbol, picture etc of: In this play, the man in black represents Death and the young girl Life.) predstavljati3) (to be a good example of; to show or illustrate: What he said represents the feelings of many people.) izražati•- representative 2. noun1) ((also rep [rep]) a person who represents a business; a travelling salesman: Our representative will call on you this afternoon.) zastopnik2) (a person who represents a person or group of people: A Member of Parliament is the representative of the people in his constituency.) predstavnik* * *[reprizént]transitive verbpredstaviti, predstavljati, predočiti, prikazati, opisati, orisati, slikati, izraziti; utelesiti; theatre igrati, predvajati, izvesti, da(ja)ti, uprizoriti; simbolično predstavljati, pokazati, prikazati, simbolizirati; zastopati, predstavljati, reprezentirati; pomeniti; odgovarjati, ustrezatito represent a firm — zastopati firmo, biti zastopnik firmeI am not what you represent me to be — jaz nisem tak, kakršnega me predstavljate -
18 solicitor
noun (a lawyer who prepares legal documents and briefs, gives legal advice, and (in the lower courts only) speaks on behalf of his clients.) odvetnik* * *[səlísitə]nounjuridically nižji odvetnik, pravni zastopnik (ki ne sme zastopati pravnih primerov pred rednimi sodišči)American slang agent, nabiralec; juridically Solicitor General — drugi najvišji državni pravdnik; American namestnik pravosodnega ministra -
19 spokesman
['spəuksmən]feminine - spokeswoman; noun(a person who speaks on behalf of a group of others: Who is the spokesman for your party?) predstavnik* * *plural spokesmen [spóuksmən]noun besednik, govornik (v imenu drugih), predstavnik, tolmač -
20 testify
1) (to give evidence, especially in a law court: He agreed to testify on behalf of / against the accused man.) pričati2) (to show or give evidence of; to state that (something) is so: I will testify to her kindness.) izpričati* * *[téstifai]intransitive verb juridically pričati ( against proti); transitive verb izpričati, izjaviti kot priča; dokazati (pod prisego); izrazitiI can testify to that — to lahko izpričam, dokažemto testify one's regret — izraziti, izpričati svoje obžalovanje
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Behalf — Be*half , n. [OE. on behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See {Be }, and {Half}, n.] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
behalf — is now used in BrE only in the phrase on behalf of (AmE in behalf of), which means (1) ‘in the interests of’, and (2) ‘as a representative of’ • (He used to make payments and pick up money on behalf of Mafia mobsters Times, 1982). It should not… … Modern English usage
behalf — [bē haf′, bēhäf′; bihaf′, bihäf′] n. [ME, in phrase on (mi) behalfe, on (my) side < OE be, BY + healf, HALF, side] support, interest, side, etc. [I speak in his behalf] in behalf of or on behalf of in the interest of; for on behalf of speaking … English World dictionary
behalf — ► NOUN (in phrase on (US also in) behalf of or on someone s behalf) 1) in the interests of a person, group, or principle. 2) as a representative of. ORIGIN from a mixture of the earlier phrases on his halve and bihalve him, both meaning «on his… … English terms dictionary
behalf of — behalf of, or ● behalf … Useful english dictionary
behalf — noun account, advantage, advocacy, aid, aidance, assistance, auspices, avail, behoof, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, betterment, boon, contribution, countenance, defense, endowment, expedience, favor, furtherance, gift, good, help,… … Law dictionary
behalf — c.1300, behalve (with dative suffix), from O.E. (him) be healfe by (his) side, and on (his) healfe on (his) side, from healfe side (see HALF (Cf. half)) … Etymology dictionary
behalf — [n] personal interest account, advantage, aid, assistance, benefit, cause, concern, countenance, defense, encouragement, favor, furtherance, good, help, part, place, profit, recommendation, representation, sake, service, side, stead, support,… … New thesaurus
behalf — 01. I would like to thank you on [behalf] of myself and my colleagues. 02. Dong Mi presented a gift to the secretary on [behalf] of the office staff. 03. I can t go to the farewell dinner tomorrow, so could you say good bye to Wynona on my… … Grammatical examples in English
behalf — /bəˈhaf / (say buh hahf), /bi / (say bee ) phrase 1. on someone s behalf, Also, US, in someone s behalf. in someone s interest; in aid of someone: to increase one s efforts on someone s behalf. 2. on behalf of, Also, US, in behalf of. a. as a… …
behalf — n. in (AE), on smb. s behalf USAGE NOTE: Some purists maintain that in AE in smb. s behalf means for smb. s benefit , whereas on smb. s behalf means as smb. s representative . * * * [bɪ hɑːf] on smb. s behalf (USAGE NOTE: Some purists maintain… … Combinatory dictionary