salvar-1
redeem ; salvage ; hold together ; rescue.
Eliot somehow suggests that a mix of blood and electricity might yet redeem the petty materialism of the modern world that he had previously seen only as a wasteland.
It details steps to be taken to salvage discs which have been damaged by spilled substances such as coffee with cream and sugar, Classic Coke, hamburger and french fries, and hand cream.
The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.
Ill with pneumonia, he is rescued by a subway trainman and taken to Bellevue Hospital.
salvado por la campana
saved by the bell
The article 'Saved by the Bell?' considers the role of call centers in the economic development of less-favored regions.
salvado por los pelos
saved by the bell
The article 'Saved by the Bell?' considers the role of call centers in the economic development of less-favored regions.
salvar el mundo
save + the world
These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.
salvar la vida
save + life
In this play Isabella, the heroine, refuses Angelo's dishonorable proposal to her though it would save Claudio her brother's life if she yielded; and she does this in spite of the fact that Claudio beseeches her to yield = En esta obra de teatro Isabella, la heroína, rechaza la proposición deshonrosa de Angelo aunque con ello salvaría la vida de su hermano Claudio; y lo hace a pesar de que Claudio le suplica que ceda.
salvar la vida de milagro
have + a close shave with death
She had a close shave with death recently when she was on her way to a friend's place to attend a small get-together.
salvarse
get off
She managed to get off with just a year's probation but her hectic life will not be put on hold.
salvarse de milagro
have + a narrow escape
have + a lucky escape
have + a close call
have + a close shave
escape by + the skin of + Posesivo + teeth
have + a narrow shave
I and all friends, thankfully, are safe - although one or two had narrow escapes.
A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.
Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving.
A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform.
Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times.
Vincent, another of the sailors, also had a narrow shave, he did not fall in but his bag did.
salvarse por los pelos
have + a narrow escape
have + a lucky escape
have + a close call
have + a close shave
escape by + the skin of + Posesivo + teeth
have + a narrow shave
I and all friends, thankfully, are safe - although one or two had narrow escapes.
A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra.
Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving.
A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform.
Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times.
Vincent, another of the sailors, also had a narrow shave, he did not fall in but his bag did.
sálvese el que pueda
free-for-all
In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.
¡sálvese quien pueda!
the devil take the hindmost
Many people have been made redundant in the takeover and those who joined last were the first to go - the principle of devil take the hindmost applied.
sálvese quien pueda
every man for himself
let battle commence
If more and more of us begin to see life purely as 'every man for himself,' what other unintended consequences may come with such a shift.
To start a garden is to let battle commence since there is a list of pests and diseases that will line up to attack your babies.
