lifesaver

1. Someone or something that saves lives.

   A lifeguard or other rescuer.

   My dad loves his job as a surf lifesaver.

   Paramedics are not just ordinary workers but lifesavers with a very important job.

   Lebensretter

   спаса́тельspasátelʹ, спаса́тельницаspasátelʹnica, спаси́тельspasítelʹ

2. A life buoy.

   They threw him a lifesaver and then hauled him up onto the boat.

3. Any lifesaving tool or item of supplies.

   When I got lost in the woods, my Swiss Army knife was a lifesaver.

4. (figuratively)Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.

   Thank you so much for fixing my car; you're a real lifesaver!

   This shop is a lifesaver on a hot day when you're craving a cold drink.

   Segen, Rettungsanker, rettender Anker

   я́корь спасе́нияjákorʹ spasénija, па́лочка-выруча́лочкаpáločka-vyručáločka

1. You're a lifesaver.

   ruТы спасатель.

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2. She thought of him as her lifesaver.

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3. The lifesaver failed to save the drowning child.

   deEs ist dem Rettungsschwimmer nicht gelungen, das ertrinkende Kind zu retten.

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4. Seitan is a lifesaver.

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5. Robert was a lifesaver.

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