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[Word of the Day], Русский

survive (Русский): выживать/выжить – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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(Sentences from tatoeba.org)

  • Я не живу. Я выживаю. – “I don’t live. I survive.”
  • Выживает не самая сильная особь, не самая умная, а самая способная приспособиться к изменениям. – “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”
  • Россия выживает только благодаря оптимизму и чувству юмора своего народа. – “Russia survives only thanks to the optimism and sense of humor of its people.”
  • Я умею выживать в одиночку. – “I can survive alone.”
  • Думаю, этот должен умереть, чтобы дать выжить другому. Это жестокий мир. – “I think this one has to die for the other to live. It’s a cruel world.”
  • Только трое из девяноста восеми пассажиров выжили. – “Only 3 out of the 98 passengers survived.”
  • У всех форм жизни есть инстинктивное стремление выжить. – “All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.”
  • Без денег нельзя выжить. – “One can’t survive without money.”

 

 

[Word of the Day], LATINA

survive (Latina): supersto, supersum – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • unus.​omnino.​superfuit.​​ex.​​tanta.​familia.​qui.​propter.​aetatem.​puerilem.​duci.​non.​potuerat.​ad.​pugnam – “Only one, from such a large family, survived, who, because of his young age, could not be taken to combat.”

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[Word of the Day], Italiano

survive (Italiano): sopravvivere – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Pochi sopravvivono a questa malattia. – “Few people survive this disease.”
  • Una libreria in quella posizione non farebbe abbastanza soldi per sopravvivere. – “A bookstore in that location wouldn’t make enough money to survive.”
  • In natura ogni essere vivente lotta, corre, mangia, attacca o fugge per sopravvivere. – “In nature every living being fights, runs, eats, attacks or flees for survival.”
  • Non sopravviverà più di un giorno. – “He/she/you won’t survive more than one day.”
  • L’azienda sta lottando per sopravvivere. – “The company is struggling for survival.”

 

[Word of the Day], Ελληνικά

survive (Ελληνικά): επιβιώνω, επιζώ – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Η αλεπού ξέφυγε απ’ την παγίδα και κατάφερε να επιβιώσει. – “The fox survived after escaping from the trap.”
  • Κανένας δεν επέζησε του αεροπορικού δυστυχήματος. – “Nobody survived the plane crash.”
  • Πολλοί άνθρωποι σε όλο τον κόσμο επιβιώνουν με λιγότερο από ένα δολάριο τη μέρα. – “Many people around the world survive on less than a dollar per day.”
  • Οι κατσαρίδες έχουν επιβιώσει εδώ και εκατομμύρια χρόνια. – “Cockroaches have survived for millions of years.”
  • Τα είδη υπό εξαφάνιση δεν αναμένεται να επιβιώσουν τον εικοστό πρώτο αιώνα. – “The endangered species is not expected to last through the 21st century.”

 

 

[Word of the Day], Deutsch

survive (Deutsch): überleben – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Wenige überleben diese Krankheit. – “Not many survive this disease.”
  • Es gab keine Überlebenden. – “There were no survivors.”
  • Ich kann allein überleben. – “I can survive alone.”
  • Die Sanitäter, die zuerst am Unfallort waren, hatten schon den Eindruck, dass er wohl nicht überleben würde. – “The paramedics who were first on the scene, already had the impression that he would probably not survive.”

 

[Word of the Day], Français

survive (Français): survivre – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • J’ai survécu à un accident de voiture. – “I survived a car accident.”
  • Deux soldats seulement ont survécu à l’attaque de leur campement. – “Only two soldiers have survived the attack to the camp.”
  • C’est l’ordre de la nature que les enfants survivent à leurs parents. – “It is the order of nature that children survive their parents.”
  • Il survécut à ses enfants. – “He survived his children.”
  • Quelle tristesse de survivre à ceux qu’on a le plus aimés! – “How sad it is to survive those one has loved so much!”
  • Il a une maladie grave, il n’en survivra pas. – “He has a grave disease, he is not going to survive.”
  • Ce sera un grand bonheur s’il en survive. – “It will be a great luck if he survives.”
  • Vous êtes bien heureux d’être survécu à cet accident. – “You are very lucky to have survived this accident.”

 

[Word of the Day], Svenska

survive (svenska): överleva – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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Related words:

  • överleva “to survive”
  • överlevare “survivor”
  • överlevnad “survival”

 

  • Vi kommer att överleva. – “We’ll survive.”
  • Ingen skall överleva. – “No one will survive.”
  • Man överlever inte utan vatten. – “We don’t survive without water.”
  • Anpassning är nyckeln till överlevnad. – “Adaptation is the key to survival.”
  • Företaget kämpar för sin överlevnad. – “The company is struggling for survival.”
  • Jag är en överlevare. – “I am a survivor.”
  • Från offer till överlevare. – “From victim to survivor.”

 

 

[Word of the Day], Español

survive (es): sobrevivir – Word of the Day – 2014-10-02

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  • Él sobrevivió a su esposa.  – “He survived his wife”, i.e., “he lived longer than his wife.”
  • Él sobrevivió al accidente de avión. – “He survived the plane crash.”
  • No es el más fuerte el que sobrevive. – “It’s not the strongest the one who survives.”
  • Un poeta puede sobrevivir a cualquier cosa excepto un error de impresión. – “A poet can survive everything but a misprint.”
  • Es muy difícil sobrevivir en una ciudad grande sin endeudarse. – “It’s really difficult to survive in a big city without endebting oneself.”

Obs.: Se dice también “supervivir“. Del mismo modo: sobreviviente / superviviente (“survivor”); pero: supervivencia y no sobrevivencia (“survival”).

 

[Word of the Day], Deutsch

(to) help (de): Hilfe, helfen – Word of the Day – 2014-09-25

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  • Lass mich dir helfen, dann geht es schneller. – “Let me help you, so it goes faster.”
  • Nimm Fixauxilin, das hilft sofort! – “Have a Fixauxilin, it helps immediately!”
  • „In alten Zeiten, als das Wünschen noch geholfen hat …“ – “In the old times, when wishing still helped, …”
  • „Der Mann, dem niemand half, half sich allein.“ – “The man, whom noone would help, helped himself alone.”
  • Dumm kann der Mensch sein, er muss sich nur zu helfen wissen. – “A man can be stupid, he only has to know how to help himself.”
  • Es war eine große Hilfe. – “It was a great help.”
  • Ich brauche dringend Hilfe! – “I need urgent help!”
  • Als sein Konto überzogen war, bekam er eine Hilfe von seinen Eltern. – “As his account was overdrawn, he received help from his parents.”
  • Das Land wird seine Hilfen an den Nachbarstaat einstellen müssen. – “The country will need to provide help to the neighbouring state.”
  • Sie bekommt für die Hilfen, auf die sie seit der Operation angewiesen ist, finanzielle Unterstützung von der Stiftung. – “She receives financial support from the foundation as help on which she depends for the operation.”
  • Ach, ich hätte so gerne eine Hilfe im Haushalt. – “Ah, how I would like some help with the housework.”
  • Schau doch mal in der Hilfe nach, was da zu „error 101“ steht. – “Look up in the help (manual), what ‘error 101’ stands for.”
  • Die Stute reagierte prompt auf die Hilfen. – “The mare reacted promptly to the help.”