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1 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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2 life-saving
noun (the act or skill of rescuing people from drowning: The boy is being taught life-saving.) secourisme, sauvetage -
3 rescue
['reskju:] 1. verb(to get or take out of a dangerous situation, captivity etc: The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.) secourir2. noun((an) act of rescuing or state of being rescued: The lifeboat crew performed four rescues last week; After his rescue, the climber was taken to hospital; They came quickly to our rescue.) sauvetage- rescuer -
4 rescue
rescue ['reskju:](from danger) sauver; (from captivity) délivrer; (from need, difficulty) secourir, venir au secours de;∎ to rescue sb from drowning sauver qn de la noyade;∎ they were rescued from a potentially dangerous situation on les a tirés d'une situation qui aurait pu être dangereuse;∎ the survivors were waiting to be rescued les survivants attendaient des secours;∎ figurative thanks for rescuing me from that boring conversation merci de m'avoir délivré, cette conversation m'assommait;∎ to rescue sb's name from oblivion arracher le nom de qn à l'oubli;∎ to rescue sb from poverty tirer qn de la misère2 noun(from danger, drowning) sauvetage m; (from captivity) délivrance f; (from need, difficulty) secours m;∎ to go/to come to sb's rescue aller/venir au secours ou à la rescousse de qn;∎ rescue was impossible toute opération de sauvetage était impossible(attempt, mission, operation, party, team) de sauvetage, de secours►► rescue services services mpl de secours;rescue worker sauveteur m
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