Translations for „life preserver“ in the English » Portuguese Dictionary

life preserver N Am

life preserver

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Low-density gas is used in a balloon for the same reason that cork or closed cell foam buoyancy material is used in a swimmer's life preserver.

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Why throw them a life preserver when we've got all these lead weights to dispose of?

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Another image is of an airman who is wearing a life preserver.

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It needs a life preserver; a workable plan and funding that ultimately address the issue.

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Like many inventions developed by individuals without the proper access to money and marketing, the travelling bag/life preserver did not result in fortunes.

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A missing life preserver might have indicated that one of the missing passengers had attempted a rescue.

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It includes a parachute pack and harness, life raft, life preserver, gloves, oxygen manifolds and valves, boots and survival gear.

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Imagine there was one life preserver thrown somewhere in some ocean, with exactly one turtle in all of these oceans, swimming underwater somewhere.

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The wearer can close this valve on reaching the surface, the air in the breathing/buoyancy bag then serving as a life preserver.

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I think the juniors saw the news as a life preserver.

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