Salvo in english
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pronunciation: ɪksept part of speech: verb
pronunciation: ɪksept part of speech: verb
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salvar1 = redeem ; salvage ; hold together ; rescue ; bring + Nombre + to safety.
Example: 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.Example: 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.Example: The organization was trembling on the brink of financial disaster, and only the journal, American Documentation, was holding it together.Example: Ill with pneumonia, he is rescued by a subway trainman and taken to Bellevue Hospital.Example: A parachutist has had a lucky escape after his chute failed to open during an air show -- leaving a teammate to catch him in midair and bring him to safety.more:
» salvado por la campana = saved by the bell .
Example: 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 .
Example: The article 'Saved by the Bell?' considers the role of call centers in the economic development of less-favored regions.» salvar el cuello = save + Posesivo + neck .
Example: She is rescued by Geralt and is in his debt for saving her neck.» salvar el mundo = save + the world .
Example: 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 el pellejo = save + Posesivo + bacon ; save + Posesivo + skin ; save + Posesivo + hide .
Example: Shecame out of the kitchen with a mixed drink and thanked him again for saving her bacon, and he downplayed the whole thing and said that anyone would've done the same. Example: I stopped and just stared at her, I knew her cry was fake and she was putting up an act to save her skin, that really made me angry. Example: I am shocked and disgusted with her apparent lack of gratitude or appreciation of the efforts of those who saved her hide.» salvar la vida = save + Posesivo + life .
Example: 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 ; have + a (close) brush with death ; stare + death in the face ; have + a close encounter with death .
Example: 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. Example: People who have close brushes with death, or recover from clinical death, have strikingly similar 'death experiences'. Example: British holidaymaker has told how she stared death in the face during a horror boating accident in Ibiza. Example: You may hear once in a while where someone had a close encounter with death, but they never made it six feet under -- death is something we can escape easily.» salvarse = get off ; make it to + safety .
Example: She managed to get off with just a year's probation but her hectic life will not be put on hold. Example: When their canoes capsized in the rushing water after downpours raised the river to dangerous levels, three canoeists managed to make it to safety but one was swept away.» 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 .
Example: I and all friends, thankfully, are safe -- although one or two had narrow escapes. Example: A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra. Example: Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving. Example: A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform. Example: Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times. Example: 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 .
Example: I and all friends, thankfully, are safe -- although one or two had narrow escapes. Example: A US woman had a lucky escape when a burglar's bullet bounced off the metal underwire in her bra. Example: Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving. Example: A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform. Example: Zelda has since had numerous adventures, escaping by the skin of her teeth at times. Example: Vincent, another of the sailors, also had a narrow shave, he did not fall in but his bag did.» ¡sálvese quien pueda! = the devil take the hindmost ; run for your lives! .
Example: 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. Example: Run for your lives! It seems that some normally angelic children from the neighbouhood have been replaced by some ghostly and ghoulish characters and are coming to get YOU!.» sálvese quien pueda = free-for-all ; every man for himself ; let battle commence ; each man for himself .
Example: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering. Example: 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. Example: 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. Example: Once the community works together and stops seeing each other as the enemy, or each man for himself, then things will change.» ¡sálvese quien pueda! = the devil take the hindmost ; run for your lives! .
Example: 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. Example: Run for your lives! It seems that some normally angelic children from the neighbouhood have been replaced by some ghostly and ghoulish characters and are coming to get YOU!.salvar2 = circumvent ; cross ; get over ; overcome.
Example: Plainly, the familiarization stage is circumvented in a computer-based indexing system with machine-assigned terms.Example: Some of the cases presented in this book are concerned with broad policy issues, while others are less encompassing and present some of the narrower problems that cross the library manager's desk.Example: They couldn't get over the river by building anything, so they stopped at that point.Example: Analytical cataloguing seeks to overcome physical packaging.more:
» salvar la división = bridge + the divide .
Example: The theme of this round table is 'bridging the digital divide in Asia and Oceania'.» salvar las apariencias = save + face ; paper over + the cracks .
Example: He'll be able to save face by showing that he gave his everything, but he won't have to suffer the consequences of actually implementing that horrible legislation. Example: There are fears that the recent encouraging economic data papers over the cracks of some of the real issues at the heart of China's economy.» salvar las distancias = bridge + the gap ; bridge + the divide ; bridge + the chasm ; bridge + the gulf .
Example: This project aims to bridge the gap between academics and practitioners through the sharing of their experiences. Example: The theme of this round table is 'bridging the digital divide in Asia and Oceania'. Example: I believe that the reality is that the chasm between these two interests can't be bridged simply by including an alternative rule as a footnote at the bottom of a page in a code. Example: The language of poetry bridges the gulf of cultural conflict.» salvar una barrera = overcome + a barrier .
Example: In each case, library managers can take steps to overcome the barriers and help ensure successful collaboration.» salvar un obstáculo = overcome + an obstacle .
Example: However, what American libraries mean by advocacy is 'Work to overcome obstacles that the enquirer encounters in trying to secure help from outside resource agencies'.» salvar un problema = circumvent + a problem ; negotiate + a problem .
Example: These circumvent many of the problems that must be tackled in subject indexing such as the emergence of new terms and new meanings for old words. Example: Such a list seeks to negotiate the problems of the alphabetical subject approach as outlined in the previous chapter.salvar3 = save.
Example: Whenever this code is entered, the system saves the document or list of documents being displayed and displays a summary of the documents saved up to that point.more:
» salvar registros = download + records [En la recuperación de información, operación por la cual ciertos registros de una base de datos se copian a un fichero para su posterior utilización] .
Example: Records for the stock of a specific library are downloaded from the national data bases and added to the data base of catalogue records for the individual library.salvo1 = excepting ; save ; with the exception of ; except for ; excepted.
Example: Close attention to the interaction of these two characters (excepting the love scenes!) provides a glimpse of the world behind the reference desk.Example: Vaguely blissful, but with nothing to occupy her save reflection, she sat in the cafeteria and gave herself up to the physical pleasures of coffee.Example: With the exception of trailer libraries, mobile library stops are usually of too short a duration to allow for anything other than book lending transaction.Example: Although I have not done a complete analytical search of library literature for discussions of the structures of catalogs, preliminary searches have turned up little except for historical discussions.Example: I'm guessing that she had to work waaaay harder than anyone else out there (maybe Monica and Mary excepted) just to be be in top shape.more:
» salvo contadas excepciones = with few exceptions ; with a few exceptions .
Example: With few exceptions the new display types, which proliferated exuberantly during the first quarter of the century, were of three basic varieties. Example: With a few exceptions, copies of patents are easy and relatively cheap to acquire.» salvo en el caso de = save in the case of ; short of .
Example: However, the rules of 1908 and 1949, on which practically all our catalogs have been based, included no such provision, save in the case of so-called anonymous classics. Example: After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.» salvo + Número + excepción = with + Número + exception .
Example: With two exceptions, respondents took the view that incremental change would be adequate as a response to the new phenomenon.» salvo que = short of .
Example: After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.» salvo raras excepciones = with rare exceptions .
Example: With rare exceptions, law firms prosper during good and bad economic times.salvo2
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» a salvo = in a safe place ; in safekeeping ; out of harm's way ; out of the woods .
Example: Print this document and keep it in a safe place for future reference. Example: She would hold it in safekeeping until they were both free of danger, healthy, and enjoying the life he had promised. Example: Somehow, some way, officials were getting early evacuees out of harm's way as Hurricane Gustav bore down on the central Louisiana coast. Example: As regards risk, IDBI cannot be considered out of the woods as yet.» estar a salvo = be in safe hands ; be out of danger ; be home and dry ; be home free .
Example: If you ever need hope that world is in safe hands, then my advice is to be in touch with young people. Example: He is 'out of danger' and has been moved from intensive care to a rehabilitation ward in the Grenoble hospital. Example: The advantage with rice as a crop is that you don't apply fertilizer to it; once you plant, you are home and dry -- not bothered until harvest time. Example: If she makes it for a year without a relapse, there's a good chance she'll be home free.» estar sano y salvo = be alive and well ; be home and dry ; be home free .
Example: The article 'God is alive and well at the reference desk' describes an increase in the number of religious references enquiries in public libraries. Example: The advantage with rice as a crop is that you don't apply fertilizer to it; once you plant, you are home and dry -- not bothered until harvest time. Example: If she makes it for a year without a relapse, there's a good chance she'll be home free.» mantener + Nombre + a salvo = keep + Nombre + out of harm's way .
Example: In these gut-wrenching times it's important to know who the strongest, healthiest providers are to keep your money out of harm's way!.» mantenerse a salvo = stay out of + harm's way .
Example: 'You can stay out of harm's way,' he replied, 'by going underground and staying out of the limelight'.» permanecer a salvo = stay out of + harm's way .
Example: 'You can stay out of harm's way,' he replied, 'by going underground and staying out of the limelight'.» poner a salvo = bring + Nombre + to safety .
Example: A parachutist has had a lucky escape after his chute failed to open during an air show -- leaving a teammate to catch him in midair and bring him to safety.» ponerse a salvo = make it to + safety .
Example: When their canoes capsized in the rushing water after downpours raised the river to dangerous levels, three canoeists managed to make it to safety but one was swept away.» salir sano y salvo = make it through in + one piece .
Example: I'm sure it was a long seven days in the slammer, but Piper made it through in one piece.» sano y salvo = alive and well ; safely ; unscathed ; unharmed ; unhurt ; safe and sound ; in safety ; in one piece .
Example: There are a number of these adventitious industries alive and well in the Northwest. Example: Until recently movable shelving was used mainly in closed access stacks, but since some systems can be operated safely by anyone, it is being used increasingly in open access stacks. Example: This time he made it unscathed to the car. Example: It was the only major library to emerge unharmed from the fire and earthquake which struck San Francisco in 1906. Example: In this way, the dragonflies are captured alive and unhurt. Example: The next morning she was found safe and sound by Leni, the search dog, and his handlers. Example: The weather cleared enough that we could get in to the volcanic islands (still spouting plumes of smoke) by copter in safety. Example: I can't believe I'm all in one piece today -- my body is sore all over and all my muscles ache.