I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be saved from extinction
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There are hopes that the animals have now been saved from extinction.
daylight saving time
save a file
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Save the file under a different filename.
save fuel
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You can save fuel by not driving too fast.
save money (= use less money )
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Companies fired workers to save money.
save sb a seat (= tell other people not to sit there )
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I'll save you a seat next to me.
save sb from ruin
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He believes the invention saved him from financial ruin.
save sb/sth from oblivion
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The charity has saved many fine old buildings from oblivion.
save sb’s life
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The money you give will save the life of a child.
save sb’s sight
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Surgeons believe they can save her sight.
save the honour of sb/sth (= stop it being lost )
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Her father fought with him to save her honour.
save the whales
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Greenpeace campaigns to save the whales.
save the world (= help people in the world )
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She’s doing her bit to save the world.
save time
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I used a ready-made sauce in order to save time.
save up money
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She had saved up enough money to buy a car.
save your marriage (= do things to try to stay together as a married couple )
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They’re going to counseling to try to save their marriage.
saved...the bother of
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I should have phoned the shop first and saved myself the bother of going there.
save...hide (= save himself )
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He would say anything in court to try and save his own hide .
scrimped and saved
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They scrimped and saved for years to buy their own home.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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Sadly, drugs used in a desperate attempt to save his life made most of his organs unusable.
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Prosecutors say it was around this time that Kim conceived a fraud scheme in a desperate attempt to save his conglomerate.
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Horrified by his latest intentions, they were perhaps genuinely considering a last-ditch attempt to save him from himself.
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Our attempts to save fresh water by mixing in seawater when cooking rice or noodles had not had much success.
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Of course, you told me later that this was all done in an attempt to save my name.
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The man will either leap into the river in an attempt to save the child or he will not.
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In an attempt to save the wild, more and more has been tamed.
campaign
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Read in studio Conservationists have been celebrating the success of a campaign to save a series of weirs on the River Avon.
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Yet another child initiated a campaign to save a giant tree from being cut down.
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Meanwhile, however, the lack of adequate community care facilities has led to a campaign to save the old mental hospitals.
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San Francisco Beautiful was founded 50 years ago in a campaign to save the cable cars.
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If they die the whole campaign to save the condor by captive breeding could come under renewed attack.
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He is at the forefront of the campaign to save the Elephant from extinction.
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Yesterday, the parents renewed their campaign to save the school when they protested outside Strathclyde's headquarters in Glasgow.
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At the beginning of the year they began an advertising campaign encouraging people to save rather than spend.
costs
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One with a thermostat will cost more, but may save on running costs in warmer weather.
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They saved on water costs by no longer needing 1, 4-million gallons per week.
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There was a £27 / ha saving in seed costs .
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So to save costs -- many millions a year, experts say -- the company stopped doling out awards.
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Well, it saves on design costs .
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Although it saved them substantial costs , these cases were not exactly searing moral victories for the healthcare plans.
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Two-up printing also saves operating costs by squeezing more pages per linear foot of paper running through the printer.
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Thus, visitors save on the costs of searching out good information.
day
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It's only five minutes long but it saves the day .
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He brings her in, he saves the day .
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Doctors fought to save him in the days afterward.
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The servant: Clumsy, but he saved the day .
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The Grand Duke walked impressively in to save the day .
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What saves the day , then, is also what ruins the day: difference.
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And not even Glen Hoddle's magic touch could save the day .
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Then brother John showed up, just in time to save the day .
effort
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Yet another effort to save the banks from the destructive effects of this river.
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Lucky thing there was Old Chaostretching on like taffy, but in an effort to save her, it seemed.
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But Vialli's weak effort was saved by substitute goalkeeper Sebastiano Rossi.
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All efforts to save him failed.
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But the lure of golf is such that efforts to save the Club were considerable.
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Making no conscious effort to save or throw away old tickets, they become collectors.
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For that, they can thank modest human efforts to save their habitat, plus months of pouring rain.
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These gallant efforts failed to save the light cruisers.
file
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It will save you accessing the file manager program as often.
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A keyboard combination that saved a file in one program might delete a word in another.
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Remember to load and save the file in plain text mode.
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There are similar options when you are saving files or running programs.
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You can even use a word processor, as long as it will let you save the files as plain text.
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You can fill in who saved the file , the title, and so on.
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The Whiteboard can then be saved as a file that can be loaded for a particular conference.
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Before you continue to create the links, you must save your file into the directory that will be permanently storing it.
job
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She did not have much time and believed it would have saved his job .
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If the government prevents progress, it does save some jobs in the old-fashioned firm.
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They say it's the only way to save nearly forty jobs .
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Likewise, preventing trade saves some jobs in the protected company.
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I am going to take the matter up with the company to try to save the jobs for Worcester.
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But manager Davey Johnson may need both those victories to save his job .
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Conservative back-benchers publicly welcomed the fall in inflation, but it is unlikely to be enough to save Mr Lamont's job .
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It never saved a single job , I think.
life
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Biggs immediately went to the rescue, and pulled both men to the shore, successfully saving their lives .
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My work has saved my life .
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It took 35 vials of anti-venom to save his life .
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Months later, still a drug abuser, he instinctively saves the life of a small-time hood at a nightclub.
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In order to save her life the doctors stopped the treatment for the leprosy.
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The swallow thanked Thumbelina for saving his life .
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I have cut him off, she knew, as a doctor will cut off a much-needed limb to save a life .
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Do we save it for life on an Iowa farm?
lot
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It would save me a lot of time and effort.
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If they had the courage to say that, they would have saved everyone a lot of trouble.
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This was going to save us a lot of money and trouble.
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Re-Chargeables Re-chargeable ni-cad batteries can obviously save you a lot of money.
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With hindsight it would have saved a lot of heartbreak if he had looked the other way.
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The mouse allows you to click the notes into position on the stave and saves a lot of keying time.
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It must save an awful lot of embarrassment.
money
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He remembered Anne laughing about how much fun it was to give away money they'd saved for retirement.
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The cost of the compensation was being met out of the money saved by cutting price subsidies.
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With the money he saved , he bought a respectable set of secondhand clothes on Chatham Square.
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What on earth was the point of collecting money to save the tower of a church that wasn't even beautiful?
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By measuring their return on investment, they understand when spending money will save them money.
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He figured out how much money would be saved if they reported half of their intake.
operation
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Two operations were needed to save his foot, and playing rugby again seemed as unlikely as Newport beating the All Blacks.
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Yesterday the youngster, who has not been named, was recovering in hospital from an emergency operation to save his sight.
skin
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But the traditional banana-producing countries are banding together to save their skins .
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The fishermen were simply making arrangements to save their own skins .
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So Cresci saved his skin , and Menotti flew home, blowing on his fingers.
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They had two towels they wetted in the by now black water to save the skin of their thighs.
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He is intent only on saving his own skin .
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It is not the first time he has resigned to save his political skin .
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Set against my wits and guile, Manly strength won't save your skin .
time
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That saved my butt several times .
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This obviously saves time in group sessions, but only if everyone does it.
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Every invention during our lifetime has been just to save time .
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This New Body Workout integrates both these elements-making it doubly effective, yet saves you time !
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Consolidating these facilities will save time and money, Near said.
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This saves time and is a lot quicker than walking.
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He taught me things that saved my life several times .
trouble
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We could dispense some justice and hang him from the bowsprit to save the courts the trouble .
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It saved her the trouble of putting gray powder in her hair.
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It saves me the trouble of going after you.
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Manny says, saving Primo the trouble .
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Act now, save trouble later!
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Blyth saved me the trouble of suggesting a game of football by doing it himself.
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Why not send government poll-takers door to door, saving voters the trouble of having to remember when Election Day falls?
world
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If he saves the world too often, he will vanish completely.
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It is nothing less than an opportunity to save or change the world .
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Certainly she was saving the world , but was that enough?
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From this grim situation the party was saved by the First World War.
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She was thin, taller than I, full of ideals and plans to save the world .
■ VERB
help
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But they say their real reward is knowing they've helped to save lives.
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For Hazel Rodgers, a 78-year-old glaucoma sufferer who credits marijuana with helping to save her eyesight.
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Soldiers and police tried to help but couldn't save the singers.
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Even with the goddess's help he could not save his wife.
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But a tracheotomy throat operation which helped to save his life may have changed his distinctive voice for ever.
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We need your help to save the past for future generations.
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I then had the first of the mad ideas that helped to save our lives.
try
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Three police officers who tried to save the children were beaten back by the intense heat and smoke.
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Bernie tries to save some dignity.
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The President was working grueling eighteen-hour days trying to save the Great Deal.
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Who were you in your arrogance to try to save him from his wish?
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He had tried to save one of his sheep from drowning in the river, and he drowned himself.
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A lot of public money went into trying to save what could be saved, or to help companies redeploy.
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Susan is trying to save my life.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stitch in time (saves nine)
save face
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Rather than admit defeat, Franklin compromised in order to save face .
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As a result of the turmoil, Frank resigned in order to save face .
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Bosnia would survive as a constitutional fiction, allowing the world to save face .
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By agreeing to the staged confrontation, Barnett would save face while permitting Meredith to register.
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Determined to save face , I kept devouring everything set before me.
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I had to do this to save face for my father.
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The important thing now was to let him save face .
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The only person that didn't was Fish, who had to save face and went on claiming it was true.
save sth for a rainy day
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Put it in a box in your guitar case and save it for a rainy day.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Save the chicken bones to make stock later.
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Save your work and close down any applications that are open.
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Ben would have died in the blaze if a fireman hadn't saved him.
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Bob and Martha worked hard to save their marriage, for the sake of the children.
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Don't throw the wrapping paper away - I'm going to save it and use it again.
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Environmentalists are campaigning to save the white rhinoceros from extinction.
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Financial experts are trying to save one of Britain's biggest holiday companies from bankruptcy.
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How long did it take you to save all that money?
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I find it very difficult to save - I just spend everything I get.
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It's a low-paid job, but she still manages to save a few dollars each week.
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Michael was saved from choking to death by Susie.
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money-saving coupons
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My grandmother saved up all her old magazines.
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Officer McCarthy had saved her from a savage attack in the park.
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She planned to work until she had saved enough money to attend nursing school in Nashville.
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The President had been shot from close range. It was only his bullet-proof vest that saved him.
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They've already started saving for their next vacation.
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We're trying to save money to buy a house.
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We can save fifteen minutes by taking the expressway.
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Wearing a seat belt can help save your life.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Did he give it to save his own neck?
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Estimates of the amount of money saved by the taxpayer over the five-year period vary widely.
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Even a few dollars worth of prevention can save you thousands and keep you in business.
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The Everqueen is saved by Tyrion.
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The first order of business is for the guys to save themselves from the elements, starvation, and that darn bear.
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Was this a massive bribe to save Will from a charge of infanticide and possibly the gallows?
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
brilliant
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And the goalkeeper made a brilliant save to tip Philliskirk's long-range shot over the bar.
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Pat Gavin had a good scoring chance but Stephen Pears brought off a brilliant save .
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Gee struck the bar for Leicester and Pears brought off a brilliant save from Mills.
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Jamie Pollock came close to a late equaliser only to be denied with a brilliant save by James.
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He could have had a hat-trick but was denied by Miklosko's brilliant save .
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Justice was done when Stephen Pears denied Micky Hazard with a brilliant save .
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Glenavon keeper Robbie Beck was a virtual spectator but earned his pay-packet with a brilliant one-handed save from sub Michael Surgeon.
fine
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Forrest made another fine save , tipping Atkinson's 30-yard shot over his bar.
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One effort hit the bar and the other brought out a fine save from Burridge after deflecting off Payton.
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Shortly after the break, McCoist was again frustrated, this time denied by a fine save from Gouteev.
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Two minutes later Hooper pulled off another fine save from Andy Sinton's venomous shot.
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From the resulting corner Rhodes made another fine save , hurtling to his right to deflect away Dixon's rising shot.
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Churt tried hard to come back and Paul Jones in the Haslemere goal had to make one particularly fine diving save .
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The Ballynahinch keeper made a fine save from a Nigel Taggart flick on the right.
good
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A decent penalty, but a good save and an effective slice of psychology.
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Fred Barber made a good save from Robbie Mustoe when Ripley crossed into the middle.
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Only several good saves by Nicky Weaver kept the score down as Arsenal flexed their attacking muscles.
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Here's his best save or saves coming up.
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Full back Jimmy Phillips was denied by the best save of the match.
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Leeds brought a good save from the Southampton keeper with an indirect free kick before half-time.
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His best save was from substitute Bernie Slaven.
■ VERB
make
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Forrest made another fine save , tipping Atkinson's 30-yard shot over his bar.
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But Shilton should not have been allowed to make his crucial save .
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As it turned out, Rhodes had made the save .
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Linfield had the best chance of the half, however, Eachus making a stunning save from a Johnston shot.
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Sharks goalie Chris Terreri made 39 saves .
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Fred Barber made a good save from Robbie Mustoe when Ripley crossed into the middle.
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Flores again made a save but this time Jamelli was in place to put in the rebound.
pull
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Paul Reece pulled off the save of the match to make it Wolves 0.
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Fortunately, Alan Judge was in fine form, pulling off a great save to keep Hereford in the game.
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Two minutes later Hooper pulled off another fine save from Andy Sinton's venomous shot.
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Next it was Nixon's turn in the Tranmere goal to pull off a spectacular save from Mitchell.
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He pulled off a tremendous save from Sukristovas in the first half and denied the same player in the second.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few days before the midair save , another orb had been successfully recovered after a gentle landing in the sea.
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If the team is good and I make one or two or three saves, they will all be important.
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Len Barrie had the Panthers' other goal against Martin Brodeur, who had 22 saves.
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Muir's nimble footwork merited a second Rovers goal at the start of the second half but Heald's save prevented it.
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Pat Gavin had a good scoring chance but Stephen Pears brought off a brilliant save .
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Pears pulled off the save of the match from a Garry Nelson header in the opening minutes.
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San Jose goalie Chris Terreri stopped Perreault with a pad save .
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Whitehead's save kept his team in the game.
III. preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The fee covers everything, save one dinner.