preserve

1. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.

   Let's pray that we'd be preserved from danger.

   Every people has the right to preserve its identity and culture.

   erhalten, bewahren

   защища́тьzaščiščátʹ, защити́тьzaščitítʹ, оберега́тьoberegátʹ

   захища́тиzaxyščáty, оберіга́тиoberiháty, охороня́тиoxoronjáty

   keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.

   to preserve peaches or grapes

3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

   to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

   I preserved a composed manner throughout the interrogation.

   bewahren, aufrechterhalten

   сохраня́тьsoxranjátʹ, сохрани́тьsoxranítʹ

   зберіга́тиzberiháty, зберегти́zberehtý

   keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

1. Rainforests should be preserved.

   Тропічні ліси повинні бути збережені.

   ruТропические леса должны быть сохранены.

   deDie Regenwälder müssen geschützt werden.

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2. We must preserve our natural resources.

   deWir müssen die Schätze der Erde schonen.

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3. How can we preserve our forests?

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4. Salt helps to preserve food from decay.

   deSalz macht Nahrungsmittel länger haltbar.

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5. We need to preserve our natural resources.

   deWir müssen die Schätze der Erde schonen.

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