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2 life
life [laɪf]1. noun(plural lives)a. vie f• run for your lives! sauve qui peut !• I couldn't for the life of me tell you his name (inf) je ne pourrais absolument pas vous dire son nomb. ( = living things) vie f• is there life on Mars? y a-t-il de la vie sur Mars ?c. ( = existence) vie fd. ( = way of living) vie f• which do you prefer, town or country life? que préférez-vous, la vie à la ville ou à la campagne ?• to make a new life for o.s. commencer une nouvelle viee. ( = liveliness) there isn't much life in our village notre village est plutôt mortf. (in exclamations) that's life! c'est la vie !• how's life? comment (ça) va ?• not on your life! (inf) jamais de la vie !• this is the life! (inf) voilà comment je comprends la vie !• what a life! quelle vie !2. compounds[subscription] à vie• that money was a life-saver cet argent m'a (or lui a etc) sauvé la vie ► life-saving noun ( = rescuing) sauvetage m ; ( = first aid) secourisme m adjective de sauvetage• he started telling me his life story (inf) il a commencé à me raconter sa vie ► life support machine noun• he's on a life support machine il est sous assistance respiratoire ► life's work noun œuvre f d'une vie* * *[laɪf] 1.1) ( as opposed to death) vie fto bring somebody back to life — gen rendre la vie à quelqu'un; Medicine ranimer quelqu'un
2) ( period from birth to death) vie f3) ( animation) vie f, vitalité fto come to life — [person] reprendre conscience; fig sortir de sa réserve; [fictional character] prendre vie; [party] s'animer
put a bit of life into it — (colloq) mettez-y un peu de tonus (colloq)
4) (social activity, lifestyle) vie fto live the good ou high life — mener la grande vie
5) ( human being(s))6) ( useful duration) (of machine, vehicle, product) durée f7) Jurto do (colloq) ou serve life — être emprisonné à vie
to get life — (colloq) se faire condamner à perpette (colloq)
8) Art2.from life — [draw, paint] d'après nature
••for dear life — de toutes mes/ses etc forces
get a life! — (colloq) lâche-moi les baskets! (colloq)
to have the time of one's life — s'amuser comme un fou/une folle
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3 life
plural - lives; noun1) (the quality belonging to plants and animals which distinguishes them from rocks, minerals etc and things which are dead: Doctors are fighting to save the child's life.) vie2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) vie3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) vie4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) vie, existence5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) vie6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) vie7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biographie8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) à vie•- lifeless- lifelike - life-and-death - lifebelt - lifeboat - lifebuoy - life-cycle - life expectancy - lifeguard - life-jacket - lifeline - lifelong - life-saving - life-sized - life-size - lifetime - as large as life - bring to life - come to life - for life - the life and soul of the party - not for the life of me - not on your life! - take life - take one's life - take one's life in one's hands - to the life -
4 bedbug
noun (a small blood-sucking insect that lives in houses, especially beds.) punaise -
5 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) mendiant/-ante -
6 boarder
noun (a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house.) pensionnaire -
7 concubine
1) (an old word for a woman who lives with a man as his lover but is not his wife.)2) ((among peoples and religions that allow men to have more than one wife) a secondary wife.) -
8 farmhouse
noun (the house in which a farmer lives.) (maison de) ferme -
9 iguana
(a tropical American lizard that lives in trees.) iguane -
10 inhabitant
noun (a person or animal that lives permanently in a place: the inhabitants of the village; tigers, leopards and other inhabitants of the jungle.) habitant/-ante -
11 lodger
noun (a person who lives in a room or rooms, for which he pays, in someone else's house: She rented a room to a lodger.) pensionnaire -
12 lowlander
noun (a person who lives in the lowlands.) habitant/-ante de la plaine -
13 miser
(a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth: That old miser won't give you a cent!) avare- miserly- miserliness -
14 monk
(a member of a male religious group, who lives in a monastery, away from the rest of society.) moine -
15 neighbourhood
1) (a district or area, especially in a town or city: a poor neighbourhood.) quartier2) (a district or area surrounding a particular place: He lives somewhere in the neighbourhood of the station.) voisinage -
16 parasite
(an animal or plant that lives on another animal or plant without giving anything in return: Fleas are parasites; He is a parasite on society.) parasite -
17 southerner
noun (a person who lives, or was born, in a southern region or country.) méridional/-ale -
18 sponger
noun (a person who lives by sponging on others.) parasite -
19 surroundings
1) (the area etc that is round a place: a pleasant hotel in delightful surroundings.) environs2) (the conditions etc in which a person, animal etc lives: He was happy to be at home again in his usual surroundings.) environnement -
20 villager
noun (a person who lives in a village.) villageois, oise
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