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Meaning of "to save one's life" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of to save one's life in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE

to put it mildly
to put sth to rights
to put the fluence on sb
to put the mocks on
to put years on sb
to put your thinking cap on
to raise unshirted hell
to rights
to rule sb with a high hand
to say nothing of
to say the least
to show sb the ropes
to sing from the same song sheet
to someone´s face
to sow gapeseed
to sow your oats
to spare
to speak of
to spill your guts
to start with

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE

a dog´s life
come to life
daily life
family life
for dear life
go for your life
home life
life
love life
marine life
not on your life
quality of life
real life
school life
sex life
shelf life
social life
still life
to the life
tree of life
way of life

Synonyms and antonyms of to save one's life in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to save one's life» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE

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Translator English - Chinese

挽救一个人的生命
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

para salvar la vida de uno
570 millions of speakers

English

to save one´s life
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी के जीवन को बचाने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لإنقاذ حياة المرء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чтобы спасти свою жизнь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para salvar a própria vida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিজের জীবন বাঁচাতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour sauver sa vie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Untuk menyelamatkan nyawa seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

, das eigene Leben zu retten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の人生を保存するには
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 생명을 저장합니다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo nylametake urip
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để cứu mạng sống của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருவர் உயிரை காப்பாற்றுவார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याचे जीवन वाचवण्यासाठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hayatını kurtarmak için
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per salvare la vita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

, aby zapisać swoje życie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

щоб врятувати своє життя
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru a salva viața cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

για να σώσει τη ζωή ενός ατόμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n mens se lewe te red
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

för att rädda sitt liv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

å redde ens liv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to save one's life

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE»

The term «to save one's life» is regularly used and occupies the 56.402 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE»

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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
ftillE^ ^*6MMM)i'MWR • ) to lead a charmed life ft LEAD' to lead a dog's life & LEAD1 to risk life and limb ft RISK to save one's life ft SAVE to save someone's life ft SAVE to see life [$Mlft¥ ! ftfttfiffi (Uncle Lee plans to v lift by travelling around the ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Taking Issue: Pluralism and Casuistry in Bioethics
The following crucial questions remain: (a) Was R. Akiva merely permitting one to save one's life by not sharing the water, against Ben Peturah, who prohibited it, while allowing one to follow Ben Peturah's opinion, or was R. Akiva saying that ...
Baruch A. Brody, 2010
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The Gospel of Mark
One way is to save one's life and thus to lose it, the other is the opposite: to lose it and thus to save it. "Life" (Greek psuche) is the word often translated "soul" (as in w. 36, 37), but in this context "life" is probably a more helpful translation.
Robert E. Picirilli, 2003
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Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of Mark
37 Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? The way of the cross is about life and death; to avoid it in order to save one's life is to lose one's life, and to embrace it is to save one's life. The path of death is the path of life. MARK 9:31– 35 ...
Marcus J. Borg, 2009
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Slave of All: The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in ...
With such an insight on seeking to save one's life, the readers get an indication that the 'losing of life' refers to the figurative expression for the loss of one's ultimate, spiritual existence, the loss of one's soul to eternal ruin.54 This sense is  ...
Narry Santos, 2003
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Responsa of Rav Moshe Feinstein: Care of the critically ill
In summary, only an act of murder cannot be committed to save one's life. Passive nonresistance that will lead to the death of someone else does not require that one's own life be forfeited. Even Ben Petura agrees that it is proper to save one's ...
Moses Feinstein, 1996
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On Law, Morality, and Politics (Second Edition):
But it is unlawful for anyone to commit adultery or ordinary fornication or any other mortal sin to save one's life, since one should prefer one's spiritual life to one's corporeal life. Therefore, it is unlawful for anyone to kill another in self- defense in ...
Thomas Aquinas, Richard J. Regan, William P. Baumgarth, 2003
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I Did it to Save My Life: Love and Survival in Sierra Leone
This is a choice to save one's life, made as the structures of war and rebuilding circumscribe one's ability to care and be cared for. WHY DID EX-COMBATANTS REMAIN IN MAKENI? Having suffered continually from disappointment and ...
Catherine Elizabeth Bolten, 2012
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Basic Christian Ethics
10:39; 16:25; and Luke 9:24), affirms, it is true, an immediate connection between seeking to save one's life and actually losing it. Seeking and losing life belong together so closely that any one prudently trying to save his life might as well be ...
Paul Ramsey, 1950
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Kant
While Kant assumes that maiming oneself for monetary gain is forbidden under the general prohibition of self-destruction, obviously undergoing an operation, even an amputation, in order to save one's life is not; and while committing suicide ...
Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosoph Paul Guyer, Paul Guyer, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO SAVE ONE'S LIFE»

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'Negotiate' to save one's life
Saving one life is better than saving none,” he added, at the second and final day of the congress. Earlier, in advocating the abolition of the death sentence, ... «The Star Online, Jun 15»

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