Usage examples of "sauver" in French with translation to English

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Un prisonnier est plus possédé de l'idée de s'enfuir que son gardien n'est possédé de l'idée de le garder. Donc un prisonnier doit toujours réussir à se sauver. A prisoner is more obsessed with the idea of escaping than his warden by the idea of watching over him. Thus, a prisoner will always manage to escape.
Le cerf courut pour se sauver. The deer ran for its life.
Tom a couru pour sauver sa vie. Tom ran for his life.
Ô qu'est-ce qui peut te sauver, chevalier en armes, seul et errant hagard ? O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering?
Si vous voyez un homme s'approcher de vous avec l'intention évidente de vous faire du bien, vous devriez vous sauver. If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intention of doing you good, you should run for your life.
On trouve toujours de l'argent quand il s’agit d’aller faire tuer des hommes sur la frontière ; il n’y en a plus quand il faut les sauver. Money's always to be found when we need to send men to be killed on the border; but there's none left when it comes time to help them.
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