lifeline

Rettungsanker

Hilfe oder Unterstützung, die jemand in einer schwierigen Zeit dringend braucht.

In einfachem Englisch: Help or support that someone badly needs during a difficult time.

• This money is a lifeline.
• The bus service provides a lifeline for older residents.
• Her weekly calls became my lifeline during that difficult year.

So benutzt man es: a lifeline for someone/something (The loan was a lifeline for the small business.)

Synonyme: vital support, saving grace

Häufige Wendungen: provide a lifeline, lifeline for someone, lifeline to someone

Rettungsleine

Ein Seil, das jemand festhält oder an dem jemand befestigt ist, um nicht zu ertrinken oder abzustürzen.

In einfachem Englisch: A rope that someone holds or is attached to so they do not drown or fall.

• She grabbed the lifeline.
• The crew threw a lifeline to the swimmer.
• Each climber was attached to a lifeline.

Synonyme: safety line, rescue rope

Häufige Wendungen: throw a lifeline, grab a lifeline, hold a lifeline

Versorgungsweg, Lebensader

Ein Weg oder Dienst, der Menschen mit lebensnotwendigen Gütern versorgt.

In einfachem Englisch: A route or service that brings supplies people need to survive.

• The road is our lifeline.
• Floods cut the village's only lifeline to the outside world.
• Ships kept this island lifeline open throughout the winter.

Synonyme: supply route

Häufige Wendungen: vital lifeline, lifeline to somewhere, supply lifeline

Lebenslinie

Eine gebogene Linie auf der Handfläche nahe dem Daumen, aus der manche angeblich das Leben vorhersagen.

In einfachem Englisch: A curved line on the palm near the thumb, used by people who claim to predict lives.

• Her lifeline curves around her thumb.
• The palm reader examined his lifeline.
• Do both hands have equally clear lifelines?

Synonyme: life line

Häufige Wendungen: long lifeline, read a lifeline, short lifeline