ADV.

well

(used with another adverb or in the forms

better

or

best)

The frescoes have survived remarkably well. Seedlings survive better in stony soil.

| barely, hardly

The islanders could barely survive without an export crop.

| just (about), narrowly

I can just about survive on what I earn. The prime minister narrowly survived a leadership challenge.

| (for) long

Nobody can survive long without water.

| still

Only one copy of the book still survives.

| miraculously

A schoolboy miraculously survived a 25,000-volt electric shock.

| somehow

VERB + SURVIVE

struggle to

poor people struggling to survive

| be able to, can/could, manage to | expect (sb/sth) to

Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.

| hope to

She cannot hope to survive long in power.

| be likely/unlikely to | be lucky to

Once diagnosed with lung cancer, a patient is lucky to survive for five years.

| enable sb to, help sb (to)

PREP.

as

Will she survive as party leader?

| from

Very little has survived from this period of history.

| into

Very few of the children survived into adult life.

| on

They survived on roots and berries.

| through

She survived through two world wars.

| until

The original apple tree survived until 1911.

PHRASES

the only/sole surviving sb/sth

the only surviving member of her family

| survive intact/unscathed

Few buildings survived the war intact.