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English word

save

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /seɪv/US /seɪv/
verb

to keep somebody/something safe from death, harm, loss, etc.

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED video example

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So what the discovery of African writers did for me was this: It saved me from having a single story of what books are.

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