run for dear life

   изo вcex cил, oтчaяннo; cтpeмитeльнo; cпacaя cвoю жизнь; cлoмя гoлoву, co вcex нoг, вo вce лoпaтки (oбыкн. упoтp. c гл. to fight, to flee, to ride и to run)

    And all the time he was writing, writing, writing for dear life. He wrote a number of short stories and part of a novel he could not find the end for (J. Jones). Laborde had to jump on the running board and hang on for dear life as Bing raced across the field (S. Heym). They had to make a dash for dear life out of the country when that Mohammed... had been killed (J. Conrad)

dear [dɪə(r)]

1 adjective

(a) (loved) cher; (precious) cher, précieux; (appealing) adorable, charmant;

∎ he is a dear friend of mine c'est un ami très cher;

∎ she's such a dear girl elle est tellement gentille;

∎ Margot dearest ma chère Margot;

∎ he/the memory is very dear to me il/ce souvenir m'est très cher;

∎ formal or literary to hold sb/sth dear chérir qn/qch;

∎ all that I hold dear (in life) tout ce qui m'est cher;

∎ my dearest wish is that… mon vœu le plus cher est que…;

∎ to run for dear life courir à toute vitesse;

∎ to hang on for dear life s'accrocher désespérément;

∎ my dear fellow mon cher ami;

∎ my dear girl ma chère;

∎ my dear Mrs Stevens chère madame Stevens;

∎ what a dear little child/cottage/frock! quel enfant/quel cottage/quelle robe adorable!

(b) (in letter)

∎ Dear Sir Monsieur;

∎ Dear Madam Madame;

∎ Dear Sir or Madam Madame, Monsieur;

∎ Dear Sirs Messieurs;

∎ Dear Mrs Baker Madame; (less formal) Chère Madame; (informal) Chère Madame Baker;

∎ Dear John Smith Cher Monsieur Smith;

∎ Dear Henry Cher Henry;

∎ Dear Mum and Dad Chers Maman et Papa;

∎ Dear Alan and Avril Chers Alan et Avril;

∎ My dear Clare Ma chère Clare;

∎ Dearest Richard Très cher Richard

(c) (expensive → item, shop) cher; (→ price) haut, élevé;

∎ esp British things are getting dearer la vie augmente

2 exclamation

∎ dear!, dear, dear, dear me!, oh dear! (surprise) oh mon Dieu!; (regret) oh là là!;

∎ oh dear! (worry) mon Dieu!;

∎ oh dear no! (oh) que non!

3 noun

∎ my dear (to child, spouse, lover) mon (ma) chéri(e); (to friend) mon (ma) cher (chère);

∎ my dearest mon (ma) chéri(e);

∎ she's such a dear elle est tellement gentille;

∎ British familiar I gave the old dear my seat j'ai laissé ma place à la vieille dame;

∎ poor dear pauvre chéri(e);

∎ be a dear and answer the phone, answer the phone, there's a dear sois gentil ou un amour, réponds au téléphone;

∎ familiar dear knows! va savoir!

4 adverb

(sell, pay, cost) cher

►► American Press dear Abby = la rubrique courrier du cœur d'Abigail Van Buren, publiée dans de nombreux journaux américains;

familiar Dear John (letter) lettre f de rupture;

Finance dear money argent m cher

life [laɪf] n (pl lives)

1) жизнь; существова́ние;

to enter upon life вступи́ть в жизнь

;

а) ожива́ть, приходи́ть в себя́ ( после обморока и т.п.);

б) осуществля́ться;

to bring to life привести́ в чу́вство

;

my life for it! кляну́сь жи́знью!, даю́ го́лову на отсече́ние!

;

2) продолжи́тельность жи́зни;

for life на всю жизнь

;

3) срок слу́жбы или рабо́ты (машины, учреждения); долгове́чность

4) о́браз жи́зни;

to lead a quiet life вести́ споко́йную жизнь

;

stirring life де́ятельная жизнь, за́нятость

;

5) о́бщество; обще́ственная жизнь;

high life све́тское, аристократи́ческое о́бщество

;

6) эне́ргия, жи́вость, оживле́ние;

to sing with life петь с воодушевле́нием

;

7) нату́ра; натура́льная величина́ (тж. life size);

8) биогра́фия, жизнеописа́ние

9) разг. пожи́зненное заключе́ние

10) attr. пожи́зненный; для́щийся всю жизнь;

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my dear life моя́ дорога́я; мой дорого́й

;

such is life такова́ жизнь, ничего́ не поде́лаешь

;

while there is life there is hope посл. пока́ челове́к жив, он наде́ется

;

upon my life! че́стное сло́во!

;

for the life of me I can't do it хоть убе́й, не могу́ э́того сде́лать

;

life and death struggle борьба́ не на жизнь, а на́ смерть

;

to run for dear life бежа́ть изо все́х сил

;

1) (beloved; also iron.) lieb; geliebt; (sweet; also iron.) entzückend

2) (beginning letter)

3) (expensive) teuer

1)

2)

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1) (high in price: Cabbages are very dear this week.) teuer

2) (very lovable: He is such a dear little boy.) lieb

3) ((with to) much loved: She is very dear to me.) teuer

4) (used as a polite way of addressing someone, especially in a letter: Dear Sir.) Liebe/r

1) (a person who is lovable or charming: He is such a dear!) der Schatz

2) (a person who is loved or liked (especially used to address someone): Come in, dear.) der Liebling

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[dɪəʳ, AM dɪr]

I. adj

1. (much loved) lieb, teuer geh; (lovely) baby, kitten süß; thing also entzückend, reizend, herzig SCHWEIZ fam

to do sth for \dear life etw um des nackten Lebens willen tun

▪ to be \dear to sb jdm viel bedeuten

to be very \dear to sb jdm lieb und teuer sein

2. (in letters)

\dear Mr Jones,... Sehr geehrter Herr Jones,... form, Lieber Herr Jones,...

3. ( form: costly) teuer

\dear money teures Geld

II. adv sehr

to cost sb \dear jdn teuer zu stehen kommen

III. interj ( dated fam)

\dear, \dear! ach du liebe Güte! fam

\dear me! du liebe Zeit! fam

oh \dear! du meine Güte! fam

IV. n

1. (nice person) Schatz m, Engel m

to be [such] a \dear ein [echter] Schatz sein

be a \dear and go get grandma a blanket sei so lieb und hole [der] Oma eine Decke

there's a \dear sei so lieb

my \dear mein Schatz, mein Lieber/meine Liebe

2. (term of endearment) Liebste(r) f(m), Liebling m, Schatz m

yes, \dearest, anything you say ( iron hum) ja, mein Teuerster/meine Teuerste, alles, was du willst hum

my \dearest [mein] Liebling m

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1. adj (+er)

1) (= loved) lieb, teuer (liter)

2) (= lovable, sweet) child lieb, süß, reizend; thing süß, entzückend, reizend

3)

4) (= expensive) goods, shop teuer; prices hoch

2. interj

3. n

4. adv (lit, fig)

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dear¹ [dıə(r)]

A adj (adv → dearly)

1. teuer, lieb ( beide:

to sb jemandem):

Dear Sir (in Briefen) Sehr geehrter Herr (Name);

Dear Mrs B. (in Briefen) Sehr geehrte Frau B.;

those near and dear to you die dir lieb und teuer sind;

run (work) for dear life um sein Leben rennen (arbeiten, als ob es ums Leben ginge)

2. teuer, kostspielig

3. hoch (Preis)

4. innig (Liebe etc):

my dearest wish mein sehnlichster Wunsch, mein Herzenswunsch

B s

1. Liebste(r) m/f(m), Schatz m. isn’t she a dear? ist sie nicht ein Engel?, there’s a dear sei (so) lieb

2. (Anrede) Liebling, Schatz:

my dears meine Lieben

C adv

1. teuer:

it will cost you dear das wird dir oder dich teuer zu stehen kommen

2. → dearly 1

D int (oh) dear!, dear me! du liebe Zeit!, du meine Güte!, ach je!

dear² [dıə(r)] adj obs schwer, hart

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1) (beloved; also iron.) lieb; geliebt; (sweet; also iron.) entzückend

2) (beginning letter)

3) (expensive) teuer

1)

2)

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sehr geehrte adj. adj.

lieb adj.

lieber adj.

liebes adj.

teuer adj.

1) (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.) liv

2) (the period between birth and death: He had a long and happy life.) liv(sløp), levetid

3) (liveliness: She was full of life and energy.) liv, energi

4) (a manner of living: She lived a life of ease and idleness.) livsstil/-førsel

5) (the period during which any particular state exists: He had many different jobs during his working life.) liv

6) (living things: It is now believed that there may be life on Mars; animal life.) liv

7) (the story of a life: He has written a life of Churchill.) biografi, levnetsbeskrivelse

8) (life imprisonment: He was given life for murder.) livsvarig fengsel

•

- lifeless

biografi

levetid

liv

subst. (i flertall: lives) \/laɪf\/

1) liv, livet, menneskeliv

• how many lives were lost in the fire?

• is there human life on Mars after all?

2) liv, livstid, livslengde, levealder, levetid, livsløp

• all my life

• he told me his life story

• he started singing early in life

• what's the expected life of this engine?

3) liv, tilværelse, levemåte, livsførsel

• lead a quiet life

• country life

• how's life?

4) liv, liv og røre, aktivitet

• she is full of life

• a speech full of life

5) ( sport og spill) liv, sjanse, mulighet

6) biografi, levnetsbeskrivelse

• she liked reading the lives of great men

7) ( kunst) natur, levende modell, naturlig størrelse

• drawing from the life

• study from the life

8) ( også life imprisonment) livstidsdom, fengsel på livstid, livstid

as if for (dear) life som om det gjelder livet

• they ran as if for life

be getting on in life eller be getting on in years begynne å bli gammel, begynne å dra på årene

be given life ( hverdagslig) bli dømt til livstid (i fengsel)

bring\/recall to life få liv i, gjenopplive

carry one's life in one's hands våge livet, sette livet på spill

come into life få liv, bli til, bli født

come to life kvikne til, komme til seg selv, komme til bevissthet bli levende, komme til live (igjen)

• then he suddenly came to life

dangerous to life livsfarlig

do anything for a quiet life ( hverdagslig) gjøre hva som helst for husfredens skyld

do life ( hverdagslig) sone livstid (i fengsel)

escape with one's life komme unna med livet i behold

the facts of life ( hverdagslig) hvordan barn blir til, blomstene og biene livets realiteter

for life for livet, for å redde livet

• they ran for life

for livet, på livstid, livstids-

• they were friends for life

• she was imprisoned for live

for one's life eller for dear life for livet

• she ran for dear life

• don't move for your life

for the life of me ( hverdagslig) for bare livet, samme hvor hardt jeg prøver, om jeg så står på hodet

for the term of one's life se ➢ term, 1

frighten the life out of somebody skremme livet av noen

a future life\/state et fremtidig liv, et liv etter dette

get a life! ( hverdagslig) få deg ditt eget liv!, kom deg ut og opplev livet!

give one's life for ofre livet sitt for, gi livet sitt for, dø for

have the time of one's life ( hverdagslig) ha det kjempegøy, ha det kjempefint

human life menneskeliv, menneskelig liv menneskelivet

be in danger of one's life være i livsfare

be in life være i live

in ordinary life til daglig

in real life i det virkelige liv, i virkeligheten

it's a great life if you don't weaken ( spøkefullt) livet er herlig hvis man bare orker

keep in life holde (seg) i live

larger than life eller as large as life større enn livet

lead a fast life leve livet, ha et utsvevende liv

lead a rough life leve enkelt, leve primitivt

life and death liv og død, liv eller død

• it's a matter of life and death

life and soul liv og sjel, sjel, livskraft, midtpunkt

• they were the life and soul of the party

drivkraft, primus motor

• the life and soul of an enterprise

life isn't all beer and skittles livet er ikke bare en dans på roser

life must go on livet må gå videre, livet må gå sin gang

life of Riley Herrens glade dager, slaraffenliv

• after I inherited the money, it was a life of Riley

the life to come eller the other life livet etter dette, det neste livet

live a good life ( oppofrende) leve et godt liv et liv i luksus leve et liv i pakt med naturen

live a life of independence være økonomisk uavhengig

lose one's life miste livet, dø, omkomme, sette livet til

• they lost their lives

loss of life tap av liv

not for the life of me ( hverdagslig) aldri i livet, ikke for alt i verden

not on your life aldri i livet, absolutt ikke, definitivt ikke

one's future life ens fremtid

(up) on my life! så sant jeg lever!, på æresord!

put an end to one's (own) life ta livet av seg

put into life gi liv til

put some life into live opp, sette fart på, få litt liv i

risk one's life sette livet på spill

rule of life leveregel, prinsipp

run for dear life løpe alt hva remmer og tøy kan holde

see life se verden, se seg om i verden, oppleve verden, leve livet

single life ugift stand

slice of life stykke virkelighet

take one's life in one's (own) hands risikere livet, sette livet til

take one's (own) life ta livet av seg

take somebody's life ta livet av noen, drepe noen

that's life eller such is life sånn er livet

this is the life! ( om noe gledelig eller fornøyelig) dette er livet!

time of life alder

• when she was at my time of life

to the end of one's life til en dør, hele livet

to the (very) life ( om kunst) veldig naturtro, på en prikk, treffende

way of life se ➢ way, 1

while there is life there is hope så lenge det er liv, er det håp

1) жизнь, существование, деятельность

- animal life

- life insurance

- life boat

2) жизнь, образ жизни

- a hard life

- smb's past life

- lead an idle life

- lead high life

3) реальность, действительность

- real life situation

4) (часто в отрицательных предложениях) жизнь, энергия

- actors put no life in their performance

5) следует за утверждением или риторическим вопросом

- such is life!

1) (high in price: Cabbages are very dear this week.) dyr

2) (very lovable: He is such a dear little boy.) søt og snill

3) ((with to) much loved: She is very dear to me.) kjær

4) (used as a polite way of addressing someone, especially in a letter: Dear Sir.) kjære

1) (a person who is lovable or charming: He is such a dear!) elskelig og søt person

2) (a person who is loved or liked (especially used to address someone): Come in, dear.) kjære, vennen min

•

- dearly

dyr

dyrebar

kjær

kjære

kostbar

snill

subst. \/dɪə\/

1) ( spesielt i tiltale) kjære, kjære deg

• carry this for me, that's a dear

2) kjæreste, elskelig person

• they are such dears

dearest min kjære, kjære deg

dears kjære dere

my dear min kjære

old dear ( nedsettende) gammel dame

adj. \/dɪə\/

1) kjær, god, søt

• he is so dear to me

2) ( i forhold til verdien) dyr, kostbar

dear money dyre penger (med høy rente)

Dear Sir\/Madam ( i formelle brev) kjære herr\/fru (på norsk tilføyes navnet)

my dear fellow ( spøkefullt) min gode mann

run for dear life løpe for harde livet

• he ran for dear life

adv. \/dɪə\/

dyrt

cost someone dear stå noen dyrt

interj. \/dɪə\/

kjære vene, du store min

dear dear (uttrykk for uro, sterk irritasjon e.l.) herregud, kjære vene

dear me ( uttrykk for forbauselse e.l.) i all verden, du slette tid, jeg har ikke hørt på maken ( spøkefullt) jaså

oh dear (uttrykk for misnøye, forbauselse) det var da som søren, oi oi ( mildt deltagende) men kjære deg (da)

oh dear me bevare meg vel, Gud bevare meg vel

[laɪf]

life (pl lives) жизнь; существование; to enter upon life вступить в жизнь; for life на всю жизнь; an appointment for life пожизненная должность average expectation of life страх. ожидаемая средняя продолжительность жизни average life средневзвешенный срок непогашенной части кредита average life средний срок амортизации average life произ. средний срок службы average life страх. средняя продолжительность жизни average life expectancy страх. ожидаемая средняя продолжительность жизни to come to life осуществляться; to bring to life привести в чувство; my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение; to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) business life деловая жизнь classifier life вчт. долговечность классификатора to come to life оживать, приходить в себя (после обморока и т. п.) to come to life осуществляться; to bring to life привести в чувство; my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение; to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) corporate life продолжительность существования корпорации design life вчт. расчетный ресурс economic life наиболее экономичный срок службы economic life экономическая жизнь economic life экономная жизнь life (pl lives) жизнь; существование; to enter upon life вступить в жизнь; for life на всю жизнь; an appointment for life пожизненная должность expected life время безотказной работы expected life ожидаемая долговечность expected life ожидаемый ресурс expected useful life ожидаемая эксплуатационная долговечность expected useful life ожидаемый ресурс life (pl lives) жизнь; существование; to enter upon life вступить в жизнь; for life на всю жизнь; an appointment for life пожизненная должность for life пожизненно for the life of me I can't do it хоть убей, не могу этого сделать he was life and soul of the party он был душой общества life общество; общественная жизнь; high life светское, аристократическое общество; to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет; познать жизнь high life высшее общество, высший свет; аристократия human life человеческая жизнь life биография, жизнеописание life вчт. долговечность life долговечность life жизнь life (pl lives) жизнь; существование; to enter upon life вступить в жизнь; for life на всю жизнь; an appointment for life пожизненная должность life наработка life натура; натуральная величина (тж. life size); to portray to the life точно передавать сходство life образ жизни life образ жизни; to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь; stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость; life of movement жизнь на колесах life общество; общественная жизнь; high life светское, аристократическое общество; to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет; познать жизнь life attr. пожизненный; длящийся всю жизнь; life imprisonment (или sentence) пожизненное заключение; my dear life моя дорогая; мой дорогой life продолжительность работы life вчт. ресурс life ресурс life эк. срок амортизации life срок годности life срок действия life срок действия ценной бумаги life срок службы life срок службы или работы (машины, учреждения); долговечность life энергия, живость, оживление; to sing with life петь с воодушевлением; to put life into one's work работать с душой life and death struggle борьба не на жизнь, а на смерть life of contract срок действия контракта life образ жизни; to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь; stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость; life of movement жизнь на колесах load life вчт. долговечность при нагрузке low life скромный, бедный образ жизни married life супружество mean life средняя продолжительность жизни life attr. пожизненный; длящийся всю жизнь; life imprisonment (или sentence) пожизненное заключение; my dear life моя дорогая; мой дорогой to come to life осуществляться; to bring to life привести в чувство; my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение; to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) operation life вчт. эксплуатационный ресурс life натура; натуральная величина (тж. life size); to portray to the life точно передавать сходство private life частная жизнь private: life industry частный сектор промышленности; private life частная жизнь; private means личное состояние life энергия, живость, оживление; to sing with life петь с воодушевлением; to put life into one's work работать с душой rated life номинальная долговечность rated life номинальная наработка rated life номинальный ресурс rated life расчетная долговечность rated life расчетная наработка rated life расчетный ресурс rated life расчетный срок службы remaining useful life остаточная эксплуатационная долговечность to run for dear life бежать изо всех сил life общество; общественная жизнь; high life светское, аристократическое общество; to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет; познать жизнь see: life испытать, пережить; to see life повидать свет, познать жизнь; to see armyservice отслужить в армии life общество; общественная жизнь; high life светское, аристократическое общество; to see life, to see (smth.) of life повидать свет; познать жизнь service life общий срок службы service life срок годности service life срок службы объекта на дату демонтажа service life эксплуатационная долговечность service life эксплуатационная наработка service life вчт. эксплуатационный ресурс service life эксплуатационный ресурс service life эксплуатационный срок службы shelf life долговечность при хранении shelf life срок годности при хранении life энергия, живость, оживление; to sing with life петь с воодушевлением; to put life into one's work работать с душой social life общественная жизнь specified life вчт. гарантируемая долговечность still life жив. натюрморт life образ жизни; to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь; stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость; life of movement жизнь на колесах storage life срок годности при хранении such is life такова жизнь, ничего не поделаешь to come to life осуществляться; to bring to life привести в чувство; my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение; to take (smb.'s) life убить (кого-л.) unexpired life неистекший срок службы upon my life! честное слово! useful economic life наиболее экономичный срок службы useful economic life срок полезной службы useful life период нормальной эксплуатации useful life ресурс useful life срок полезной службы useful life вчт. эксплуатационная долговечность useful life эксплуатационная долговечность while there is life there is hope посл. пока человек жив, он надеется whole life assurance страхование на случай смерти working life трудовая жизнь

(pl. lives)

1) жизнь; существование; to enter upon life вступить в жизнь; for life на всю жизнь; an appointment for life пожизненная должность;

to come to life

а) оживать, приходить в себя (после обморока и т. п.);

б) осуществляться; to bring to life привести в чувство; my life for it! клянусь жизнью!, даю голову на отсечение; to take smb.'s life убить кого-л.

2) образ жизни; to lead a quiet life вести спокойную жизнь; stirring life деятельная жизнь, занятость; life of movement жизнь на колесах

3) натура; натуральная величина (тж. life size); to portray to the life точно передавать сходство

4) энергия, живость, оживление; to sing with life петь с воодушевлением; to put life into one's work работать с душой

5) биография, жизнеописание

6) общество; общественная жизнь; high life светское, аристократическое общество; to see life, to see smth. of life повидать свет; познать жизнь

7) срок службы или работы (машины, учреждения); долговечность

8) (attr.) пожизненный; длящийся всю жизнь; life imprisonment (или sentence) пожизненное заключение

my dear life моя дорогая; мой дорогой

such is life такова жизнь, ничего не поделаешь

while there is life there is hope посл. пока человек жив, он надеется

upon my life! честное слово!

for the life of me I can't do it хоть убей, не могу этого сделать

life and death struggle борьба не на жизнь, a на смерть

to run for dear life бежать изо всех сил

he was life and soul of the party он был душой общества

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(n) долговечность; жизнеспособность; жизнь

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биография

быт

долговечность

живость

жизнеописание

жизни

жизнь

житье

житья

занятость

натура

общество

оживление

пожизненный

срок

существование

энергия

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n (pl lives)

1) життя́; існува́ння

2) спо́сіб життя́

3) нату́ра; натура́льна величина́ (тж. life size)

4) ене́ргія, жва́вість, пожва́влення

5) біогра́фія; життє́пис

6) товари́ство; грома́дське життя́

7) строк слу́жби (робо́ти) маши́ни

8) attr. дові́чний; що трива́є все життя́

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1) (high in price: Cabbages are very dear this week.) drag

2) (very lovable: He is such a dear little boy.) ljubek

3) ((with to) much loved: She is very dear to me.) ljubezniv

4) (used as a polite way of addressing someone, especially in a letter: Dear Sir.) spoštovani

1) (a person who is lovable or charming: He is such a dear!) srček, ljubica

2) (a person who is loved or liked (especially used to address someone): Come in, dear.) dragi, draga

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adjective ( dearly adverb)

drag, dragocen; ljubljen; očarljiv, ljubek; visok (cena); spoštovan

Dear Sir — spoštovani gospod

there's a dear child — bodi priden

to run for dear life — na vso moč bežati

to love dearly — zelo ljubiti

to hate dearly — z dna srca sovražiti

dearest foe — najhujši sovražnik

drago; zelo

figuratively to pay dear for — drago plačati

it cost him dear — veliko ga je stalo

ljubček, ljubica; očarljiva oseba

there's a dear — bodi tako ljubezniv in

what dears they are! — kako so ljubki!

oh dear!, dear me!, dear heart alive! — jojmene, za božjo voljo!

life [laɪf]

vie ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (f)-(i), 1 (k) sensation ⇒ 1 (e) nature ⇒ 1 (j) réalité ⇒ 1 (j) prison à vie ⇒ 1 (l) durée ⇒ 1 (m) à vie ⇒ 2

(pl lives [laɪvz])

1 noun

(a) (existence) vie f;

∎ to give life to sb donner la vie à qn;

∎ they believe in life after death ils croient à la vie après la mort;

∎ it's a matter of life and death c'est une question de vie ou de mort;

∎ life is hard la vie est dure;

∎ life has been good to us la vie nous a gâtés;

∎ he hasn't seen much of life il ne connaît pas grand-chose de la vie;

∎ you really see life as a cop quand on est flic, on en voit de toutes les couleurs;

∎ there have been several attempts on her life elle a été victime de plusieurs attentats;

∎ he's in hospital fighting for his life il lutte contre la mort à l'hôpital;

∎ familiar how's life? comment ça va?;

∎ what a life! quelle vie!;

∎ just relax and enjoy life! profite donc un peu de la vie!;

∎ I want to live my own life je veux vivre ma vie;

∎ is life worth living? la vie vaut-elle la peine d'être vécue?;

∎ life is worth living when I'm with her avec elle, la vie vaut la peine d'être vécue;

∎ meeting him has made my life worth living le rencontrer ou notre rencontre a donné un sens à ma vie;

∎ he makes her life a misery il lui rend la vie impossible;

∎ to live life to the British full or American fullest croquer la vie à belles dents;

∎ hundreds lost their lives des centaines de personnes ont trouvé la mort;

∎ he emigrated in order to make a new life for himself il a émigré pour commencer une nouvelle vie ou pour repartir à zéro;

∎ to depart this life quitter ce monde;

∎ to save sb's life sauver la vie à qn;

∎ to risk one's life (to do sth) risquer sa vie (à faire qch);

∎ to risk life and limb risquer sa peau;

∎ a cat has nine lives un chat a neuf vies;

∎ to have nine lives (person) avoir l'âme chevillée au corps;

∎ to take sb's life tuer qn;

∎ she took her own life elle s'est donné la mort;

∎ she's the only woman in his life c'est la seule femme dans sa vie;

∎ to run for one's life or for dear life s'enfuir à toutes jambes;

∎ run for your lives! sauve qui peut!;

∎ she was hanging on for dear life elle s'accrochait de toutes ses forces;

∎ for the life of me I can't remember where we met rien à faire, je n'arrive pas à me rappeler où nous nous sommes rencontrés;

∎ familiar get a life! t'as rien de mieux à faire de ton temps?;

∎ British familiar my life! c'est pas vrai!;

∎ familiar he can't sing to save his life il chante comme un pied;

∎ not on your life! jamais de la vie!;

∎ you take your life in your hands when cycling in London on risque sa vie quand on fait du vélo à Londres;

∎ that's life!, such is life! c'est la vie!;

∎ this is the life! (ça, c'est) la belle vie!;

∎ I had the time of my life je ne me suis jamais autant amusé;

∎ archaic upon my life seigneur!, mon Dieu!

(b) (period of existence) vie f;

∎ I've worked hard all my life j'ai travaillé dur toute ma vie;

∎ in his early life quand il était jeune;

∎ I began life as a labourer j'ai débuté dans la vie comme ouvrier;

∎ it began life as a car chassis à l'origine c'était un châssis de voiture;

∎ we don't want to spend the rest of our lives here on ne veut pas finir nos jours ici;

∎ I've never eaten snails in my life je n'ai jamais mangé d'escargots de ma vie;

∎ I ran the race of my life! j'ai fait la course de ma vie!;

∎ it gave me the fright of my life je n'ai jamais eu aussi peur de ma vie;

∎ my/her/ etc life's work l'œuvre f de toute ma/sa/ etc vie;

∎ the fire destroyed her life's work l'incendie a détruit l'œuvre de toute sa vie;

∎ to mate for life (animal, bird) s'unir pour la vie

(c) (mode of existence) vie f;

∎ they lead a strange life ils mènent une drôle de vie;

∎ school life la vie scolaire;

∎ she's not used to city life elle n'a pas l'habitude de vivre en ville;

∎ married life la vie conjugale;

∎ familiar to live the life of Riley mener une vie de pacha;

∎ life at the top! la grande vie!

(d) (living things collectively) vie f;

∎ is there life on Mars? y a-t-il de la vie sur Mars?

(e) (UNCOUNT) (physical feeling) sensation f;

∎ life began to return to her frozen fingers le sang se remit peu à peu à circuler dans ses doigts gelés

(f) (liveliness) vie f;

∎ she's still young and full of life elle est encore jeune et pleine de vie;

∎ there's no life in this place ça manque d'entrain ici;

∎ there's a lot more life in Sydney than in Wellington Sydney est nettement plus animé que Wellington;

∎ to come to life s'animer;

∎ to bring sb to life (play, book etc) faire vivre qn;

∎ his arrival put new life into the firm son arrivée a donné un coup de fouet à l'entreprise;

∎ there's life in the old dog yet! il est encore vert, le bonhomme!;

∎ she was the life and soul of the party c'est elle qui a mis de l'ambiance dans la soirée, elle fut le boute-en-train de la soirée

(g) (living person) vie f;

∎ a phone call can save a life un coup de fil peut sauver une vie;

∎ 200 lives were lost in the disaster 200 personnes ont perdu la vie dans la catastrophe, la catastrophe a fait 200 morts;

∎ no lives were lost il n'y a eu aucune victime, on ne déplore aucune victime

(h) (durability) (durée f de) vie f;

∎ double the life of your batteries multipliez par deux la durée de vos piles;

∎ the average life of an isotope la durée de vie moyenne d'un isotope;

∎ during the life of the previous government sous le gouvernement précédent

(i) (biography) vie f;

∎ she's writing a life of James Joyce elle écrit une biographie de James Joyce

(j) Art nature f; Literature réalité f;

∎ to draw from life dessiner d'après nature;

∎ his novels are very true to life ses romans sont très réalistes;

∎ that's her to the life c'est elle tout craché

(k) (in games) vie f;

∎ when you lose three lives you're out quand on perd trois vies, on est éliminé

(l) familiar (imprisonment) prison f à vie^□ ;

∎ the kidnappers got life les ravisseurs ont été condamnés à perpétuité ou à la prison à vie;

∎ he's doing life il purge une peine à perpétuité

(m) Finance (of loan) durée f

2 compound-forming noun

(post, member, president) à vie

3 for life adverb

∎ he was crippled for life il a été estropié à vie;

∎ sent to prison for life condamné à perpétuité;

∎ if you help me, I'll be your friend for life si tu m'aides, je serai ton ami pour la vie;

∎ a job for life un emploi à vie

►► Finance life annuity rente f viagère;

British life assurance assurance-vie f;

Life Assurance and Unit Trust Regulatory Organization = organisme britannique contrôlant les activités de compagnies d'assurance-vie et de SICAV;

life belt bouée f de sauvetage;

life buoy bouée f de sauvetage;

Finance life capitalization capitalisation f viagère;

life class cours m de dessin avec modèle nu;

life cycle cycle m de vie;

Marketing life cycle chart, life cycle curve (of product) courbe f du cycle de vie;

life drawing dessin m d'après modèle;

life expectancy (of human, animal) espérance f de vie; (of machine, product) durée f (utile) de vie;

the Life Guards = régiment de cavalerie de la garde royale britannique;

life history vie f;

∎ the organism takes on many different forms during its life history l'organisme prend de nombreuses formes au cours de sa vie ou de son existence;

∎ she told me her whole life history elle m'a raconté l'histoire de sa vie;

life imprisonment prison f à vie;

life insurance assurance-vie f;

∎ to take out life insurance contracter une assurance-vie;

life jacket gilet m de sauvetage;

life member membre m à vie;

life membership adhésion f à vie;

British life peer pair m à vie;

British life peerage pairie f à vie;

Finance life pension pension f à vie;

American life preserver (life belt) bouée f de sauvetage; (life jacket) gilet m de sauvetage;

life raft radeau m de sauvetage;

American Life Saver ® = bonbon acidulé en forme de bouée de sauvetage;

the life sciences les sciences fpl de la vie;

∎ anthropology is a life science l'anthropologie fait partie des sciences de la vie;

life sentence condamnation f à vie ou à perpétuité;

life skills = aptitude à fonctionner efficacement en société;

life span (of human, animal) espérance f de vie; (of machine, product) durée f de vie;

life story biographie f;

∎ she told me her whole life story elle m'a raconté l'histoire de sa vie;

∎ familiar just give us the facts, we don't need your life story! tenez-vous-en aux faits, inutile de nous raconter votre vie!;

life subscription abonnement m à vie;

life tenant usufruitier(ère) m,f;

life vest gilet m de sauvetage

n. (pl. lives)

1 [uc] vita ( quasi in ogni senso); esistenza; ( di cose) durata: He lost his life in a road accident, perse la vita in un incidente stradale; to risk (o to endanger) one's life, rischiare la vita; to save sb. 's life, salvare la vita a q.; to rebuild one's life, rifarsi una vita; to spare sb. 's life, risparmiare la vita a q.; the struggle for life, la lotta per l'esistenza; this life, questa vita; la vita terrena; plant life, flora; vegetazione; the eternal life, la vita eterna; to spend one's life in idleness, passare la vita nell'ozio; country [city] life, la vita di campagna [di città]; high life, la vita elegante (o dell'alta società); low life, vita mediocre (o misera); to lead a happy life, condurre un'esistenza serena; to make life difficult for sb., rendere la vita difficile a q.; to make sb. 's life a misery, rendere la vita di q. un inferno; Most fashions have a very short life, per lo più le mode hanno vita brevissima; the life of a government, la durata (o la vita) d'un governo; the life of a loan, la durata di un mutuo; love life, vita sentimentale; home life, vita familiare; adult life, vita adulta; busy life, vita molto attiva; full life, vita piena; charmed life, vita piena di fortune; hard life, vita dura; humdrum life, vita monotona; married life, vita matrimoniale; private life, vita privata; a sheltered life, una vita troppo protetta

2 [u] ( arte) (il) naturale; (il) vero; (il) vivo: to draw from life, disegnare dal vero; life drawing, disegno dal vero; a class in life, un corso di disegno dal vero

3 ( baseball) occasione; opportunità ( data al battitore)

4 (fig.) occasione di ricominciare da capo, di rifarsi una vita

5 vita; biografia: a life of Einstein, una biografia di Einstein; Plutarch's «Lives», le «Vite» di Plutarco

6 condanna a vita (o all'ergastolo); ergastolo (= life imprisonment e life sentence ► sotto): The terrorist got life, il terrorista è stato condannato all'ergastolo; a man serving (o doing) life, un uomo che sconta una condanna all'ergastolo; un ergastolano

7 ( slang USA) – the life, la vita; il mestiere di prostituta

● life annuity, (assegno) vitalizio □ life assurance = life insurance ► sotto □ life blood ► lifeblood □ life cycle, (biol.) ciclo vitale; (comput.) ciclo di vita ( del software); (econ., fin.) ciclo di vita ( di un prodotto; di un investitore, ecc.) □ (leg.) life estate, usufrutto a vita □ life expectancy, (ass., stat.) aspettativa (o speranza) di vita; ( di cosa) durata prevista □ life-giving, vivificante; che rianima; che rinvigorisce □ (mil., in GB) the Life Guards, le Guardie del Corpo del Sovrano ( reggimento di cavalleria) □ Life Guardsman, soldato della Guardia del Corpo □ (biol.) life history, storia biologica □ ( di un bene) life-hold, tenuto in usufrutto □ (leg., in GB e USA) life imprisonment, carcere per la durata di vari anni ( in pratica, di rado supera i 10 anni); (stor.) carcere a vita, ergastolo (= life sentence ► sotto) □ life instinct, pulsione di vita □ (ass.) life insurance, assicurazione sulla vita □ (leg.) life interest, usufrutto a vita □ (naut.) life jacket, giubbotto (di salvataggio) □ (med.) life machine, respiratore artificiale □ life member, socio a vita □ life-net, telo di salvataggio □ ( slang USA) the life of Riley, la bella vita; la vita comoda (o di Michelaccio) □ (ass.) life office, agenzia di assicurazioni sulla vita □ a life-or-death battle, un combattimento all'ultimo sangue □ a life-or-death matter, una questione di vita o di morte □ (polit.) Life Peer, Pari (d'Inghilterra) nominato a vita ( il titolo non è ereditario) □ (ass.) life policy, polizza di assicurazione sulla vita □ life preserver, bastone animato; tirapugni; ( USA, naut.) salvagente □ (naut., aeron.) life raft, gommone di salvataggio □ life-saver ► lifesaver □ (elettr.) life saving appliance, salvavita □ life-saving drug, farmaco salvavita □ life sciences, scienze naturali □ life scientist, naturalista □ (leg., in GB, in USA, ecc.) life sentence, condanna a diversi anni di carcere ( spesso il giudice fissa un periodo minimo; questo, in Canada, non supera mai i 25 anni); (stor.) condanna all'ergastolo ( che non esiste più nell'ordinamento inglese né in quello nordamericano) □ ( arte: di quadro, statua, ecc.) life-size (o life-sized), in grandezza naturale; al naturale □ life span, arco (o durata) della vita; vita naturale ( di un animale); durata ( di un oggetto) □ life spring, fonte di vita □ life story, storia di una vita; biografia □ (tecn.) life-support, che assicura la sopravvivenza □ (med.) life-support machine (o life-support system), autorespiratore □ (ass., stat.) life tables, tavole di mortalità □ (leg.) life tenancy, usufrutto a vita □ (leg.) life tenant, usufruttuario a vita □ (ind.) life test, prova di durata □ ( USA) life vest, giubbotto salvagente □ to be life-weary, essere stanco della vita □ life work, il lavoro di tutta una vita; l'opera più importante (di q.) □ (ecol.) life zone, zona biotica □ to bring to life, rianimare, far tornare in vita; animare, vivificare □ to come to life, rinvenire, riprendere conoscenza; (fig.) dimostrare interesse, interessarsi □ to come back to life, tornare in sé; riaversi; rinvenire □ for life, per tutta la vita; fino alla morte □ (in frasi neg.) for the life of me, per nulla al mondo; mai e poi mai □ for dear life, tenacemente; con tutte le proprie forze □ the good life, la bella vita; la vita comoda □ (ass.) a good [a bad] life, uno che ha molte [che ha scarse] probabilità di vivere sino all'età media presunta □ (fam.) to have the time of one's life, divertirsi un mondo; spassarsela □ to lay down one's life for, dare (o sacrificare) la vita per □ to marry early in life, sposarsi giovane □ Not on your life!, certo che no!; mai e poi mai! □ nothing in life, nulla di nulla; assolutamente nulla □ the other life (o future, everlasting life), l'altra vita (o la vita futura, eterna) □ to run for one's (o for dear) life, darsi alla fuga; darsela a gambe □ to be safe in life and limb, essere sano e salvo □ (in frasi neg.) to save one's life, per nulla al mondo; mai e poi mai □ to take sb. 's life, toglier la vita a q.; uccidere q. □ to take one's own life, togliersi la vita; suicidarsi □ (fam.) to take one's life in one's ( own) hands, mettere a repentaglio la vita □ to the life, somigliantissimo; tale e quale: ( di un ritratto) It's him to the life!, è lui nato e sputato!; to imitate sb. to the life, imitare qualcuno a pennello □ true to life, realistico; basato sui fatti; che riproduce fedelmente la realtà □ upon my life, in fede mia; parola mia □ with all the pleasure in life, col massimo piacere; con grande gioia □ A cat has nine lives, i gatti hanno sette vite □ (fam.) This is the life!, questa sì che è vita! □ I want to see life, voglio vivere anch'io!; voglio vedere il mondo □ (prov.) While there's life there's hope, finché c'è vita c'è speranza.