redde

rescue, salvage, save

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vb save ( fx somebody's (, one's) life, one's honour, one's face, one's skin, the situation; he was saved by the bell);

(fra øjeblikkelig fare også) rescue ( fx trapped miners, a shipwrecked crew, somebody from a burning house);

(bjærge) salvage, save, rescue ( fx a ship, one's furniture from the fire);

(fig:) salvage ( fx one's self-respect, one's marriage);

(af en vanskelighed, især økon, T) bail out;

(i fodbold) save;

(skaffe sig) wangle ( fx I wangled a month's leave),

(stjæle, tigge) scrounge ( fx a meal);

[de reddede] those rescued,

(de overlevende) the survivors;

[så var dagen reddet (for ham)] that made his day;

(se også skin, skind);

[ med præp & adv:]

[redde fra] save from ( fx save him from drowning), rescue from ( fx

rescue the house from destruction),

(fig) save from, rescue from ( fx save him from the consequences of his foolishness, save (el. rescue) the project from failure, save the firm from bankrupty; rescue something from oblivion); salvage from ( fx salvage the firm from bankruptcy);

[redde noget i land] bring something safely to land,

(fig) pilot something to safety,

(skaffe sig) wangle (, scrounge) something;

[redde en igennem] get somebody through,

(vanskelighed, krise, også økonomisk) see somebody through;

[ikke til at redde] beyond (el. past) hope,

(uigenkaldelig tabt) irretrievably lost,

(om person: fortabt) past praying for,

(spøg.: uforbederlig) past redemption;

[redde ud af] save (el. rescue, salvage) from ( fx somebody (, something) from a burning house);

[redde en ud af en knibe] get somebody out of a scrape; bail somebody out;

[ med sig:]

[redde sig] escape, make one's escape, save oneself;

[redde sig noget]

(skaffe sig) wangle something, scrounge something;

[redde sig i land] manage to reach the shore;

[redde sig igennem]

(ved eksamen etc) get through,

(lige akkurat) scrape through;

[redde sig ud af] get out of.