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My name is Alicia, and in this episode we're going to talk about the verb save.

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Let's begin with the basic definition.

The basic definition of this verb is to rescue something from danger or from los examples.

She saved him from a shark.

My helmet saved me from a head injury.

Let's look at the congregations for this Ferb present.

Save saves past saved past participle saved progressive saving.

Now let's talk about some additional meanings For this, for the first additional meeting is to keep something for use in the future.

So you keep something because you think you are going to use it or you might need it in the future.

Examples.

Do you save all of your receipts?

He saved a little money every month.

So here we're holding on to something or were keeping something because we think we might need it or were planning to use it in the future.

In the first example Sentence a question.

Do you save all of your receipts.

It means do you keep all of your receipts for some reason in the future, for example, for accounting or tax purposes are matter?

No.

Maybe you just like receipts to collect.

I don't know.

It's kind of weird, but anyway, so do you save?

Do you save all of your receipts?

Say refers to the act of keeping it for use in the future.

The second example sentence he saves a little money each month refers to keeping some money each month.

So a small amount of money each month for use in the future, maybe to buy something in the future or just for safety purposes, for example.

So it means keeping something the second additional meaning is to prevent money, time effort, etcetera from being wasted.

Examples.

If you have an energy efficient refrigerator, you'll save 5% on your electrical bills.

I bought a used camera instead of a new one and saved so much money.

So here we're seeing the verb save used to mean like preventing or avoiding some kind of wasted effort or wasted money in the first example senses.

It's saving electrical costs, so you're saving 5% on your electrical costs in that case, so that means you are not wasting money on like higher electricity bills.

In the second example, sentences the same.

So you're saving money by buying a used camera.

Saving money means not spending other money, not spending more money so we can use save to refer to not wasting your time.

Your effort, some kind of resource is space, whatever.

So, like, save space on your hard drive by cleaning up your files regularly, for example, so avoiding waste.

The third additional meeting is to store data somewhere to store data somewhere.

Examples.

Make sure to save your work often.

I saved the files to an external hard drive, so this just means the place where you keep your data.

This is usually like a computer or maybe a memory card.

Ah, USB flash drive, for example.

We usually use this for like digital data, so you save your data somewhere on some kind of machine or in some kind of card, some kind of memory device.

Now let's talk about some variations for this, for the first variation is Can't do something to save my life.

Can't do something to save my life.

This refers to being totally unable to do something.

It's something you just can't do.

And here, we see can't do something to save my life, meaning Even if my life depended on this one action, I would not be able to do it.

This sounds quite extreme, but that's not actually this kind of situation.

We use it, and we use this expression quite casually, actually.

So let's take a look at some examples.

I can't wake up early to save my life.

He can't cook to save his life.

So this means that, um, in the first example sentence, I can't wake up early to save my life.

It means waking up early is really, really difficult for me.

It's so tough for me that if I had to do it to save my life, I might not be able to.

So again, it's quite extreme, but it means that thing is so tough for me.

I can't do it in the second example sentence.

He can't cook to save his life.

It means cooking is extremely difficult for him, or he's terrible at it, so can't do something to save my life means that thing is very difficult or I'm really bad at that thing.

The next variation is to save one's breath.

Save one's breath.

This expression means you should not use your energy talking to someone like you don't need to use your breath so your breath is the air coming from your lungs as you talk.

So to save your breath means to keep it, because using your breath in talking to a specific person or talking about something would be a waste.

Examples.

Save your breath.

He's not going to listen to you.

We should save our breath and find a different solution.

So in the first example, it's a stubborn person like you should save your breath.

Don't talk to him.

He's not going to listen to you.

So in other words, there's no point in talking to that person.

It's going to take time and energy, and it's a waste.

In the second example sentence.

Same thing in a group situation.

We should save our breath and find a different solution, so we should not argue.

We should not talk about this.

Let's find a different solution to the problem.

That's it.

Great.

So I hope that you found a new way to use the verb save.

Of course, there are other ways to use the verb.

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