oprostite+besedi+(opravičilo+za+nespodobno+besedo)

1) (to rescue or bring out of danger: He saved his friend from drowning; The house was burnt but he saved the pictures.) rešiti

2) (to keep (money etc) for future use: He's saving (his money) to buy a bicycle; They're saving for a house.) varčevati

3) (to prevent the using or wasting of (money, time, energy etc): Frozen foods save a lot of trouble; I'll telephone and that will save me writing a letter.) prihraniti

4) (in football etc, to prevent the opposing team from scoring a goal: The goalkeeper saved six goals.) preprečiti zadetek

5) (to free from the power of sin and evil.) odrešiti

6) (to keep data in the computer.) shraniti

- saver

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rešiti ( from pred); zaščititi; shraniti, čuvati, spraviti (žito itd.); (ob)varovati (pred), ohraniti, prihraniti, (pri)varčevati, dobro gospodariti (z), varčno porabljati ali trošiti; prizanesti, prizanašati; sport obvarovati poraza, preprečiti zadetek (gol); theology zveličati, odrešiti; dospeti, še ujeti, ne zamuditi (vlaka itd.); zadovoljiti;

varčevati, biti varčen; ohraniti se

to save appearances — ohraniti videz normalnosti, uglednosti

to save one's bacon figuratively rešiti si glavo

to be saved theology biti odrešen, zveličan

save your breath! — prihrani si svoje besede! molči!

he was saved from drowning — rešili so ga, da se ni utopil (utonil)

to save one's eyes — varovati svoje oči

to save one's face — ohraniti, čuvati svoj obraz, svoj prestiž (ugled, dostojanstvo)

to save s.o.'s life — rešiti komu življenje

to save money — (pri)varčevati denar

a penny saved is a penny gained — privarčevan peni je pridobljen peni

save the mark! slang oprostite besedi (izrazu)!

you may save your pains — lahko si prihranite svoj trud

to save the post — pravočasno oddati pošto

save ( —ali saving) your presence — oprostite besedi (opravičilo za nespodobno besedo)

to save the train — (še) ujeti (priti na) vlak

a stitch in time saves nine figuratively bolje je preprečiti kot lečiti

preposition poetically & archaic

razen, izvzemši

save and except — razen, izvzemši

all save one (him) — vsi razen enega (njega)

save only he — razen njega, samó on ne

the last save one — predzadnji;

razen če, če ne, razen ( that da)

I felt well save that I had a headache — počutil sem se dobro, razen da me je bolela glava;

adverb save for — izvzemši

save for two broken windows the house was intact — razen dveh oken je hiša bila nepoškodovana