to take precautions to prevent something bad from happening
принимать меры предосторожности, чтобы предотвратить плохие события (predprinimat' mery predostorozhnosti, chtoby predotvratit' plokhoye sobytiye)
"We must guard against potential fraud in online transactions."
"Мы должны защититься от потенциального мошенничества в онлайн-транзакциях." (My dolzhny zashchitit'sya ot potentsial'nogo moshenichestva v onlayn-tranzaktsiyakh.)
to ask several people for information about something
to interrupt or give an opinion when not invited
to criticize someone angrily
to allow positive thoughts and emotions to enter your mind
to remind colleagues politely about something
to be unconscious during surgery
