Save
Collocation 2
Verb + noun
Verb + preposition:
- Save money: to reduce expenses (ridurre le spese);
ex:''You can save money byshopping during sales.''
- Save the memory: to preserve a moment (preservare dei ricordi);
ex:''They saved the memory of their trip with a photo album.''
- Save a face: to avoid humiliations (salvare la faccia);
ex:''He apologized to save his face after the argument.''
- Save the date: to mark a specific day for an event in advance ( segnare una data specifica);
ex:''Save the date for our wedding in June''
- Save the day: to prevent a disaster (prevenire in tempo un disastro);
ex:''Her quick thinking saved the day during the presentation.''
- Save from: to rescue something from someone (salvare qualcosa da qualcuno);
ex:''They have to save him from himself.''
- Save for: to avoid using money for someone ( risparmiare per qualcuno);
ex:''They will learn how to save for the future.''
- Save by: with the exception of someone (con eccezione di qualcuno);
ex:''Today everyone did a good job save by him.''
Verb + Phrasal verbs/idioms/chunk
Verb + adjective/adverb
- Save the best for last: to reserve the most enjoyable part until the end (lasciare il meglio per ultimo);
ex:''She always saves the best for last when telling a story.''
- Save someone's bacon: to rescue someone from trouble (salvare qualcuno da un problema);
ex:''The backup system saved our bacon when the server crashed.''
- Save the trouble: to prevent effort (prevenire sforzi);
ex:''I'll save you the trouble and do it myself.''
- Save for a rainy day: to put money aside for future unexpected expenses (risparmiare per il futuro);
ex:''It's wise to save for a rainy day.''
- Save up: to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future (risparmiare per il futuro);
ex:''It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.''
- Save on: to avoid using something so that you do not have to pay for it (risparmiare su qualcosa);
ex:''It was a warm winter, so we saved on electricity.''
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Save
Collocation 2
Verb + noun
Verb + preposition:
- Save money: to reduce expenses (ridurre le spese);
ex:''You can save money byshopping during sales.''- Save the memory: to preserve a moment (preservare dei ricordi);
ex:''They saved the memory of their trip with a photo album.''- Save a face: to avoid humiliations (salvare la faccia);
ex:''He apologized to save his face after the argument.''- Save the date: to mark a specific day for an event in advance ( segnare una data specifica);
ex:''Save the date for our wedding in June''- Save the day: to prevent a disaster (prevenire in tempo un disastro);
ex:''Her quick thinking saved the day during the presentation.''- Save from: to rescue something from someone (salvare qualcosa da qualcuno);
ex:''They have to save him from himself.''- Save for: to avoid using money for someone ( risparmiare per qualcuno);
ex:''They will learn how to save for the future.''- Save by: with the exception of someone (con eccezione di qualcuno);
ex:''Today everyone did a good job save by him.''Verb + Phrasal verbs/idioms/chunk
Verb + adjective/adverb
- Save the best for last: to reserve the most enjoyable part until the end (lasciare il meglio per ultimo);
ex:''She always saves the best for last when telling a story.''- Save someone's bacon: to rescue someone from trouble (salvare qualcuno da un problema);
ex:''The backup system saved our bacon when the server crashed.''- Save the trouble: to prevent effort (prevenire sforzi);
ex:''I'll save you the trouble and do it myself.''- Save for a rainy day: to put money aside for future unexpected expenses (risparmiare per il futuro);
ex:''It's wise to save for a rainy day.''- Save up: to keep money so that you can buy something with it in the future (risparmiare per il futuro);
ex:''It took me months to save up enough money to go travelling.''- Save on: to avoid using something so that you do not have to pay for it (risparmiare su qualcosa);
ex:''It was a warm winter, so we saved on electricity.''