English | Russian |
escape death | остаться в живых (Anglophile) |
escape death miraculously | чудом и т.д. остаться в живых (unexpectedly, happily, etc.) |
escape death miraculously | чудом и т.д. избежать смерти (unexpectedly, happily, etc.) |
he escaped death | он остался в живых |
he had a narrow escape from death | он чудом избежал смерти |
narrowly escape death | чудом остаться в живых ("I was born in South Africa in 1961 and left the country in 1996. My wife and I had been attacked twice and both times narrowly escaped death. It left us severely traumatized. Our last gesture before leaving was to drive down the coast, dismantle parts of our pistols and throw them in the ocean, vowing to find a place in the world where guns weren't needed." (True story of an immigrant to Canada, Maclean's Magazine) ART Vancouver) |