'V n from n' - Construction 14
| Name: | the salvage something from a situation construction |
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| Description: | A person obtains something beneficial from a situation, with difficulty. |
| Verbs: | conjure, exact, extract, salvage, squeeze, wrest, wring |
| Example: | Stephen had been working non-stop, salvaging coral-stone and tiles from the debris. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; obtain |
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