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Значения термина lifebelt на английском

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A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

Использование термина lifebelt на английском
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In 2009, the European Union is once again perceived as a lifebelt.
The Irish Times
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These ecosystems have been described as the planet's lifebelt, and with good reason.
The Guardian
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Was it really only the name on the lifebelt that made the difference?
The Guardian
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Until the shipwreck comes, no man puts on the lifebelt in his cabin.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI
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Crawshay appeared, hugging his lifebelt, on which he seated himself gingerly.
The Box with Broken Seals
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From that moment the Red Un was possessed for the river and a lifebelt.
Love Stories
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Bumptious Brenda and by-the-book Barry seized on this like drowning swimmers grasping a lifebelt.
Pack animals
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Jenkins, the under-groom, gently nudged her and she grabbed his elbow like a lifebelt.
The devil she knows
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Last of all-almosttoo late-TomRiley appeared, buckling on his lifebelt as he ran.
The Coxswain's Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double R...
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Faith is the true lifebelt that keeps us from being drowned in any stormy sea.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
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He was standing with a lifebelt in his hand.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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A drowning surrealist will not appreciate the concrete lifebelt.
The Irish Times
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However, I had my lifebelt around me, and managed to rise again to the surface.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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I helped to put a lifebelt on Mr. Frohman.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, ...
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Malcolm, take care that every one has a lifebelt.
The Captain of the Kansas
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Throw her a lifebelt and she'll pull you under.
Lucky Jim
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