to defend, plead for, act as counsel for ☊ 
che chở bảo vệ bào chữa 
defend like: bào chữa → →
plädieren für ☊ 
bào chữa cho ☊ 
为 ...辩护 ☊ wèi ..... biàn hù plädieren für ☊ bào chữa cho ☊ ☊ der Tyrann ☊ kẻ bạo chúa, bạo quân ☊ ☊ Auch sein Anwalt, der auf unschuldig plädierte, konnte ihm nicht helfen. ☊ Ngay cả luật sư, người bào chữa cho anh ta cũng không thể giúp gì được. ☊ (Lektion 63, Nr. 894) announce sth: Has our flight been announced yet? ☊ announce ☊
You don't have to make excuses for her (= try to think of reasons for her behaviour). ☊ excuse ☊
It's late. I'm afraid I'll have to make my excuses (= say I'm sorry, give my reasons and leave). ☊ excuse ☊
Nothing can excuse such rudeness. ☊ excuse ☊
He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick. ☊ make sth up ☊
He always gives the same old excuses. ☊ old ☊
I think we can put together a very strong case for the defence. ☊ put sth together ☊
She is not short of excuses when things go wrong. ☊ short ☊
She made all the usual excuses. ☊ usual ☊
to appear as (a) witness for the defence/prosecution ☊ witness ☊