brief

brief: bri:f 1. adjective
(not long; short: a brief visit; a brief account.) kortvarig, stutt
2. noun
(a short statement of facts (especially in a lawsuit, of a client's case): a lawyer's brief.) resymé; (advokatens) saksresymé
3. verb
(to give detailed instructions to (especially a barrister, group of soldiers etc): The astronauts were briefed before the space mission.) brife, orientere, sette inn i situasjonen

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subst. \/briːf\/

1) sammendrag, (kort) referat

2) orientering, gjennomgang, briefing

3) (jus) saksresymé

4) pavebrev

5) (hverdagslig) advokat

hold a brief for somebody forsvare noen, ta (seg av) noens sak

• I hold no brief for him

jeg har ikke noe til overs for ham\/jeg forsvarer ham ikke

hold a watching brief ha som oppdrag å følge en prosess\/begivenhetenes gang

take a brief påta seg en sak
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verb \/briːf\/

1) sammenfatte, gi et resymé\/sammendrag av

2) (jus) informere, gi et resymé av sakens fakta

3) (jus) henvende seg til, engasjere

4) orientere, instruere, briefe, gi direktiv, informere på forhånd, forberede

• the pilots were briefed about the operation

flyverne ble briefet om operasjonen

brief somebody about something sette noen inn i noe

• the new hands were briefed about the work

de nye arbeiderne ble satt inn i arbeidet
III
adj. \/briːf\/

kort, kortfattet, kortvarig

be brief fatte seg i korthet

in brief kort sagt, i sammendrag

• we will have the news in brief at noon

vi skal ha et nyhetssammendrag klokken 12

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