rescue

1. (transitive)To save from any violence, danger or evil.

   The well-trained team rescued everyone after the avalanche.

   retten, bergen, erlösen

   спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí, выруча́тьvyručátʹ

   рятува́тиrjatuváty, врятува́тиvrjatuváty

   free from harm or evil

2. (transitive)To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.

   to rescue a prisoner from the enemy

   освобожда́тьosvoboždátʹ, освободи́тьosvobodítʹ

3. (transitive)To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.

   take forcibly from legal custody

4. (figuratively, transitive)To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.

   Traditionally missionaries aim to rescue many ignorant heathen souls.

   спаса́тьspasátʹ, спасти́spastí, выруча́тьvyručátʹ

5. (figuratively, transitive)To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

6. (transitive)To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.

7. (transitive)To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.

   I rescued a set of antique dining chairs.

8. (transitive)To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.

   The cook rescued the sauce after it began to curdle.

9. (transitive)To adopt (an animal).

1. Tom died trying to rescue Mary.

   Том загинув, намагаючись врятувати Мері. — deniko

   ruТом погиб, пытаясь спасти Мэри. — marafon

   deTom starb bei dem Versuch, Maria zu retten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. I was trying to rescue Tom.

   Я намагався врятувати Тома. — deniko

   ruЯ пытался спасти Тома. — Olya

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3. I didn't rescue anybody.

   Я нікого не врятував. — deniko

   ruЯ никого не спас. — marafon

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4. Tom helped rescue Mary.

   Том допоміг врятувати Мері. — deniko

   ruТом помог спасти Мэри. — odexed

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5. I helped rescue Tom.

   Я допоміг врятувати Тома. — deniko

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