live1 verblive2 adjectivelive3 adverb
livelive1 /lɪv/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 
WORD ORIGINlive1
Origin:
Old English libbanVERB TABLE
live
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | live |
| he, she, it | lives | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lived |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lived |
| he, she, it | has lived | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lived |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will live |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lived |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am living |
| he, she, it | is living | |
| you, we, they | are living | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was living |
| you, we, they | were living | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been living |
| he, she, it | has been living | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been living |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be living |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been living |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- At 40, you really start to live!
- Cats normally live for about twelve years.
- Do you like living in Tokyo?
- Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home.
- Elvis lives.
- Females live longer on average than males.
- How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?
- In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
- Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.
- Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study.
- My father only lived for a few years after his heart attack.
- One of the victims has severe burns and is not expected to live.
- Our baby was in the intensive care unit, and we didn't know whether she would live or die.
- Plants can't live without water.
- St. Patrick probably lived in the 5th century.
- The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not expected to live.
- The will to live can be a vital factor in recovery.
- There were ten in the lifeboat, but only three lived to tell the tale.
- They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age.
- Those guys live like pigs.
- Also, it meant, because of the time it was given, having a bad headache if one wanted to live.
- For poor blacks, without money to move, living in an inner-city ghetto can mean days without seeing a white face.
- He defines locality as the space within which the larger part of most citizens' daily working and consuming lives is lived.
- How could I have been living here all my life and never really known it before?
- I lived in the Village and worked as a bookkeeper.
- Kim lives because I wish him to live.
- People living on the proposed site say their future is now more uncertain than ever.
THESAURUS
to have your home somewhere: · He lives with his parents.· Where do you live?· Do you like living in Tokyo?· Jo lives next to a busy road.· Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.· How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?· In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: · My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow.· The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.· ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’· The winner came from Australia.
if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there – used especially in written descriptions: · The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.· Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
formal to live in a particular country, city etc: · She now resides in the US.· Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.· At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.· Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?· The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.
to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: · This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.· I grew up on a farm in South Africa.
Longman Language Activatorto continue to be alive to continue to be alive: · The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not expected to live.live for two years/three months/a long time etc: · My father only lived for a few years after his heart attack.· Cats normally live for about twelve years.the will to live (=the desire to live): · The will to live can be a vital factor in recovery.
to not die, even though you are in a dangerous situation: · The ship's crew eventually resorted to eating rats and even sawdust to stay alive.· Krasner, who has cancer, vowed she would stay alive until her brother was set free.
to remain alive longer than someone else, especially a relative or friend who has died: · Judith outlived two of her three children.outlive somebody by 10 years/six months etc: · Women, on average, outlive men by 1.9 years.
to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you - used especially in newspaper articles: survive somebody by 10 years/six months etc: · Charles survived his wife by three months.be survived by: · Monroe is survived by his wife, Regina, and two sons, Stanley and John.
to enjoy doing something to get pleasure from doing something: · Did you enjoy the party?enjoy doing something: · My father always enjoyed playing golf at weekends.enjoy yourself (=do things that make you feel happy): · The park was full of people enjoying themselves in the sunshine.thoroughly/greatly enjoy: · Thanks for a lovely evening. I thoroughly enjoyed it.· Most of the students said that they had really enjoyed the day out.enjoy every minute/moment of something: · It was a wonderful vacation - we enjoyed every minute of it.enjoy something immensely especially British: · Parts of the play were extremely funny. I enjoyed it immensely.
to enjoy doing something, especially something that you do regularly or for a long time: · I don't like meetings, especially if they go on for too long.like doing something: · We liked living abroad. It was a wonderful experience.like to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it): · Nick likes to relax and read a book in the evenings.
especially spoken to enjoy doing something very much and get a lot of pleasure out of it: · Cassie works in the theatre, and she really loves it.love doing something: · Ben loves swimming, playing tennis, those kinds of thing.love to do something (=do something often or regularly because you enjoy it a lot): · She loved to sit in the park and feed the ducks.
especially spoken to enjoy yourself very much when you are with other people: · We had a great time last night - you should have come.· Did you have a good time at the beach?have a good/great etc time doing something: · The kids all had a wonderful time meeting up at each other's houses.
informal to enjoy yourself very much by going out a lot and spending a lot of money on social activities: · Pat spent most of his time at college going to parties and living it up.· I had saved about two thousand dollars, so I decided to whoop it up in Vegas before going home.
to enjoy yourself with other people, for example by relaxing, talking, or laughing with them: · I was having so much fun I forgot how late it was.have fun doing something: · We had fun trying to guess who Mike's new girlfriend was.
especially American, informal to have a very good time: · We went down to the Gulf Coast of Florida for spring break - we had a blast!
informal to enjoy yourself very much: · "Your vacation sounds fantastic.'' "We had the time of our lives!''have the time of your life/have a whale of a time doing something: · Alan was having the time of his life, playing to an admiring audience.· The kids all had a whale of a time, in and out of the pool all day.
to enjoy doing or seeing something: · I get a real kick out of watching my son learning to speak.· Jody got a kick out of trying some of the new video games.
when something happens to you if something happens to you, it affects you and you are involved in it, but you did not do anything to make it happen: · The crash wasn't your fault. It could have happened to anyone.· Winning this award is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.
if you experience something, especially an emotion, a physical feeling, or an unpleasant situation, it happens to you: · When you first tried a cigarette, you probably experienced a feeling of dizziness.· It was the first time she had ever experienced real poverty.
to experience a period of time that is difficult or unhappy: · Kevin's going through a painful divorce.somebody's been through a lot: · Betty's been through a lot recently -- I think you ought to try and be nice to her.
to experience a period of time when there are important historical events happening which affect people's lives: · His new book is a collection of essays and fiction by writers who lived through the Great Depression.
: know hardship/joy/sorrow etc to experience problems, joy, sorrow etc -- used especially in literature: · In his seven short years, he has known war, famine and death.· I don't think I've ever known true happiness.
frightened of someone or something feeling very nervous and afraid of someone or something, because you think something bad is going to happen to you because of them: · Don't be frightened, it's only thunder.· Two frightened children were hiding in a corner of the room.frightened of: · A lot of people are frightened of dentists.· Are you frightened of the dark?frightened to do something: · I was frightened to move in case the branch broke.frightened of doing something: · He was frightened of making mistakes.frightened (that): · I was frightened my parents would get divorced, and wished that there was something I could do to make them happy again. · Alice kept perfectly still, frightened that the dog might attack her.
frightened: · Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you.afraid of: · He had a terrible temper and everyone was afraid of him.· It's amazing how many people are afraid of spiders.afraid (that): · Billy was afraid his aunt would punish him if he owned up.afraid to do something: · She was afraid to speak up in front of all these important people.afraid of doing something: · I didn't tell anyone, because I was afraid of being punished (=afraid I might be punished).
especially spoken frightened: · The first time I went on a motorcycle I was really scared.scared of: · She's always been scared of heights.scared to do something: · I stood still, scared to move forward and scared to go back.scared of doing something: · I think they were all scared of offending him.scared (that): · I hate reading out my work in class - I'm scared that people are going to laugh at me.scared stiff/scared to death (=very scared): · When he came back he looked scared stiff, as if he'd seen a ghost.
extremely frightened: · The faces of the four terrified teenagers looked up at us.terrified of: · He's absolutely terrified of snakes.terrified to do something: · The little boy cowered behind the tree, terrified to make a sound.terrified (that): · I was terrified that my father would find out I had lied to him.absolutely terrified : · I couldn't move - I was absolutely terrified.
extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move: · She just stood there, petrified at the thought of the crowds waiting outside.absolutely petrified: · He had the gun pointed at my head. I was absolutely petrified.petrified of: · She's a very nervous dog, and she's petrified of traffic.be petrified with fear: · He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him.
so frightened that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly, especially when something has suddenly frightened you: · A few seconds after the explosion the street was full of panic-stricken people, fleeing in all directions.· Mr Cottle dashed in, looking panic-stricken.· In a panic-stricken attempt to free herself from Annie's grip, she snatched the scissors off the table.
to always be afraid of something unpleasant that is fairly likely to happen: · Until security can be assured, the people here will continue to live in fear.live in fear of something/doing something: · After leaking the secret document, Sarah lived in fear of being found out.live in fear (that): · A surgeon lives in constant fear that something will go wrong in an operation when he's feeling tired.
informal extremely frightened: · You must have been scared stiff when you saw the car coming straight towards you.· Helen had to go for an interview with the school Principal -- she was scared stiff.· I knew a man was following me, and I was scared out of my wits.· Some of the prisoners were only 16 or 17, and they looked scared to death.
to reach a high enough standard to succeed in reaching the necessary standard, especially in a difficult job: · She would like to become a lawyer but she's not sure whether she'll make the grade.· Only the talented few make the grade in professional golf.
use this when you are asking or considering whether someone will be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard: · We'll give you a week's trial in the job so we can see how you measure up.measure up to: · How will the new General Secretary measure up to his new task?
to achieve the level of quality that is necessary or expected: · The new design doesn't come up to our usual standards.· The computer system has certainly come up to expectations -- it's great!
to be as good as people expect - use this especially about people and their achievements, performances etc: · It was impossible to live up to my parents' expectations of me.· He's been under a lot of pressure to live up to his reputation as the world's best player.
to be good enough according to a standard that has been officially established: · Does the tap water meet government health standards?· The building does not meet the essential safety requirements.· Only one system succeeded in meeting the main performance specifications.
to be good enough at something, especially something difficult, to be able to do it successfully: · Do you have what it takes to run this business, or shall I give someone else the chance?· If you have what it takes and can stand the pace of advertising, you can earn a very good salary.
to say officially that someone or something has reached the necessary standard: · Each car has to be passed by a team of inspectors before it leaves the factory.· His blood pressure was rather high so the doctor couldn't pass him as fit for the job.
to have no home also have nowhere to live · She was in a strange city, with no job and without anywhere to live.· He's staying at my house because he has nowhere to live right now.
having no home to live in, especially because you are very poor or have been forced to leave your old home: · The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him.· There is a system of shelters for homeless people.· The earthquake left thousands of people homeless.
informal to sleep outdoors in a city because you do not have anywhere to live: · As many as 250,000 children are homeless and on the streets.· He ran away from home and lived rough on the streets until the police helped him get into a hostel.
a place for someone to live the houses, flats etc within a particular area that are available for or are provided for people to live in: · Most of the housing in the area is sub-standard and nothing is being done to improve it.· The council is making a great effort to provide cheap housing and more public facilities.
formal a place where people can live or stay, including houses, flats, hotels etc: · The holiday costs about £400 for a week's accommodation and flights.student/rented/holiday etc accommodation: · I've been looking in the newspapers for student accommodation but it's all so expensive.
a house, flat etc for people to live in - used especially in advertisements or to talk about large numbers of homes: · They want to build forty luxury homes on a disused railway site.· Between 1945 and 1970 the government built 110,000 new homes for low-paid workers.
a place where you can live - use this especially when this is difficult to get: · I'll stay at my grandmother's at first, until I find somewhere to live.· Students looking for somewhere to live can go the university accommodation service.
informal a place to live - use this especially when you are comparing this with the possibility of not having anywhere to live at all: · It doesn't matter what kind of place it is, at least you'll have a roof over your head.· It's hard to be cheerful when you haven't even got a roof over your head.
also housing estate British an area where houses have all been built together in a planned way: · Jane has her own house on a neat housing estate in the south-east.council estate (=an estate built by the local government, especially to be rented): · They live in a block of flats on a bleak council estate.
American informal a group of houses or apartments usually built with government money for poor people to rent: · Under this proposal, Federal money will no longer go to public housing projects but will go instead directly to the people.· Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project· She says she wants something better for her kids than what she had in the projects.
a group of new buildings that have all been planned and built together on the same piece of land: · New developments are springing up all around the town.
someone or something that you care a lot about if something is important to you, you care a lot about it, and it has an important influence on the way you think and behave: · Which is more important to you - your family or your career?be important to somebody: · While I was a student, my parents' support and encouragement were very important to me.the important thing (=the only important thing): · At least the children are safe - that's the important thing.
if you care about something or someone, you think they are important and you pay attention to them, consider their feelings etc: · Thousands are dying from disease and starvation and yet no one seems to care.care about: · Of course I care about the homeless and the unemployed, but what can I do?care what/who etc: · We make a range of natural, additive-free foods for people who really care what they eat.
especially spoken if someone or something means a lot to you, you care about them or think about them a lot, and your happiness depends on them: · You mustn't discourage her - this job means a lot to her.mean everything to somebody (=to be more important than anything else): · Karen trained day and night - winning the gold medal meant everything to her.
if something or someone is your whole life , they are so important to you that life would seem to have no meaning without them and you would be very unhappy: · I could never consider another career -- making films is my whole life.· Paul loves you very much. You are his whole life.
if you live for something or someone, they are the most important or enjoyable thing in your life: · Margot lived for ballet and was completely dedicated.· Bob lives for just two things -- his daughters and his music.
especially British if someone is or means (all) the world to you, they are more important to you than anyone else because you love them so much: · My son means all the world to me. If anything happened to him I'd never forgive myself.
the thing that someone considers to be the most important thing in their life - use this when you think that they are wrong to think that it is the most important thing: · Going to university isn't the be all and end all, you know.
the kind of life that someone has the kind of life that someone has: · Having a baby completely changes your life.a happy/busy/exciting etc life: · Debbie has a really busy life, doesn't she?· They enjoyed a full and happy life together until his death in June l999.lead a happy/quiet/exciting etc life: · We've led a very quiet life since Ralph retired.quality of life (=the level of health, comfort and pleasure in someone's life): · By our actions today, we can improve the quality of life for future generations.a better life: · Immigrating to the UK was their only chance for a better life.a life of crime (=when you make money by committing crimes instead of having a normal job): · He left school at 15, quickly turning to a life of crime.
the life that someone has, especially when they have difficult or bad experiences: a lonely/miserable/unhappy etc existence: · Elena faced a lonely existence in the big city.lead a miserable/lonely etc existence (=have a particular existence): · The workers lived a miserable existence and were treated like serfs.
the way someone lives and behaves, and the type of things they buy, eat etc: a healthy lifestyle: · You really need to think about leading a healthier lifestyle.lavish/luxurious lifestyle (=the lifestyle of someone who is very rich): · Hurst's lavish lifestyle is the stuff of legend.extravagant lifestyle (=a lifestyle that shows people how rich you are): · Even when in debt, he continued to enjoy an extravagant lifestyle.
the way in which a person or group of people lives, and the type of things they usually do: somebody's way of life: · "How can we abandon our way of life?" asked the old sheep herder. "It's all we know."become a way of life: · Casual dress has become a way of life in corporate Britain.the British/German/American etc way of life: · Shopping is an important part of the American way of life.
to live your life in a particular way: · Tom and Linda both earn good salaries -- they live well and have a nice home.· One can live cheaply in London, although it's not easy.
to live in a place to have your home in a particular place: · Where do you live?live in: · Do you like living in Tokyo?· Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.· How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?live at: · In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.live at home (=to live in your parents' house): · Donald is 30 years old, but he still lives at home.live abroad (=live in a foreign country): · They lived abroad for several years but moved back when the children were school age.live in (=live at the place where you work or study) British: · Many students prefer to live in during their first year of study.
especially spoken use this to talk about the place where you live: · My name's Sharon and I'm from Harlow.· The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.· Where are you from?
formal to live in a country, city, or area - used in official contexts: reside in: · Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.· At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.reside at: · Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?reside abroad (=live in a foreign country): · The government bureau has prepared a booklet for U.S. citizens residing abroad.
to live in a place during the time when you are a child: · This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.grow up in: · Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales.grow up on: · I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania.
if a group of people or animals inhabit an area of land, they live there, especially over a long period of time or permanently - used especially in reports and written contexts: · The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.· Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
if an area of land is populated by a particular type of people or animals, they are the people or animals who live there: · This area of Antarctica is populated only by seals and penguins.be heavily populated by (=to have a large number of a particular group): · Mindanao is an island in the southern Philippines heavily populated by Muslims.
suitable/not suitable for people to live in a building or area of land that is habitable is suitable for people to live in, for example because it is clean enough, warm enough, safe enough etc: · There are already plans to renovate the buildings and make them habitable.· Japan is mostly mountainous and has a only a relatively narrow strip of habitable land along the coasts.
if a building is fit to live in , it is in a suitable condition for people to live in it: · As soon as the farm was fit to live in, we moved all our things there.not be fit to live in (=not in a suitable condition for people to live in): · The first apartment we looked at just wasn't fit to live in.
not suitable for living in or on: · A nuclear accident would make the whole region uninhabitable.· Twenty of the houses damaged by the storm were declared uninhabitable.
not suitable for people to live in, especially because of being dirty, cold, or wet - used especially in official contexts: · The court was told that Blake had charged hundreds of dollars in rent for rooms that were unfit for human habitation.· In the 1960s, the flats were declared unfit for human habitation and demolished.
to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with · I lived with Stuart for three years before we broke up.· Have you ever met the woman that Glen is living with?
if two people live together , they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship: · These days people often live together before getting married.· Al really wants us to live together, but I'm not sure I'm ready.
formal to live with someone as if you were married to them: · Only about one in three couples who cohabit end up getting married.cohabit with: · Most divorcees either remarry or cohabit with another partner.
informal to start to live with someone who you have a sexual relationship with - often used humorously: shack up with: · He's shacking up with some girl he met at the beach.be shacked up (=be living together): · Once they were shacked up, all they did was fight.
when you live in the same house as someone else · For two months I lived with a French family in Paris to improve my French.· What's the name of the guy you live with?· We've been trying to persuade Jack's elderly mother to come and live with us.
to live with someone who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner: · My brother shares a house with four other students.· Kim and I shared an apartment when I first moved to L.A.
American to live in the same room as someone at college: · Do you remember Diane? I roomed with her at college.· Have you decided who you're going to room with next year?
British /roommate American someone that you share an apartment with, who is not a member of your family and not your sexual partner: · This is Rosalind, my flatmate.· You can't have a party without asking your flatmate first.· My roommate and I aren't getting along very well - I think I'm going to have to move.
people · Mr Griffiths is a real old-fashioned teacher who still believes that learning lessons by heart is the best method.· My Dad was very old-fashioned and didn't approve of me going to nightclubs with my friends.
to think and behave as if life is still like it was when you were young, especially because you do not like the modern world: · You've got to get over it, honey - you've got to stop living in the past.· Critics say Buchanan is living in the past, and remind him that the 1950s was a time when women were shackled to the kitchen, and African-Americans held back by discrimination.
a person or organization who is behind the times , is old-fashioned because they have not changed while the world around them has changed: · People in these parts tend to be way behind the times when it comes to issues such as women's rights.· Once the giants of British retailing, they are now seen as being behind the times.
having a very strong, old-fashioned attitude to moral behaviour: · My aunt's very straitlaced - she'd be shocked if you mentioned sex.· They lost touch with Hermine after she married a very straightlaced Lutheran minister, and disappeared from the social scene.
informal someone who you think is old-fashioned and boring because they disapprove of new ideas and are unwilling to change their attitudes: · Don't be such a fuddy duddy!· The election broadcast made the President look like a fuddy duddy with ridiculously old-fashioned ideas.
informal someone, usually an old person, who you disapprove of because they prefer old-fashioned ideas and ways of doing things to modern ones: · The old fogies all sit together and talk about the old days.· This country is being run by a bunch of old fogies -- we need some fresh blood, people with initiative.
a group of people with old-fashioned opinions, who have been in an organization or society for a long time and oppose anyone who wants to change things: · Inevitably, the revolution is affecting the old guard much more than the rest of us.· The party's old guard have their own candidate for leader.
a person who believes that the old ways of doing things are the best, and who does not like modern methods or ideas: · I'm something of a traditionalist myself, I'd much rather use pen and paper than a word-processor.· There are still many traditionalists in the church who strongly oppose the idea of women priests.
to try to do things as they were done in the past to return to an earlier time in your life, so that you can experience something again or change something that you did then - use this to say that you wish you could do this: go back to: · I wish I could go back to my school days.· Wouldn't it be nice if we could go back to the days when life was slower than it is today.you can't go back: · It's no use having regrets. You can't go back!
to live part of your life again, so that you could do something in a different way, or experience something again: · If I could turn the clock back, I don't think I'd study law again.put/turn the clock back to: · It would be nice to put the clock back to the years when Mum and Dad were still alive.
to try to behave or live as you did at some time in the past, usually because you do not like your present situation or you are unhappy that things have changed: · It's no good living in the past. You have to get on with your life.· As people get older, they often tend to live in the past.
to not try to plan things, but deal with them as they happen to not worry about or plan for something that has not happened yet, but decide what to do when it happens: · I always think the best way of approaching an interview is to take it as it comes.take things as they come: · The only way to manage when you have small kids is to take things as they come.take life as it comes/take each day as it comes: · If I were you, I'd just enjoy each day and take life as it comes.
spoken to not make plans about how to deal with a particular situation, but decide to wait until it actually happens and hope that you will know what to do then: · "Shall we tell Dad what's happened?" "Let's play it by ear and see what sort of mood he's in."· We've booked the flight, but not the accommodation -- we'll play it by ear when we get there.
to not plan very far in the future because you have too many problems now to be able to think about what may happen later: · Since Jim got ill, we've just had to live from day to day.· There's nothing as depressing as living from day to day, as the unemployed are forced to do.
if you deal with a problem or difficult situation one day at a time , you try to think about just what is happening in the present and do not try to plan what you will do in the future: · I've no idea where we'll live. Anyway, one day at a time.take/live one day at a time: · In order to overcome their addiction, they have to learn to take one day at a time.
to pretend that something is true to behave as though something is true when you know that it is not: · We thought that he was really hurt, but he was just pretending.pretend (that): · Bill closed his eyes, and pretended that the war was over and that he was safe at home.pretend to do something: · I pretended not to see her, and carried on walking down the street.pretend to be happy/ill/angry etc: · She pretended to be ill and took a day off work.
informal to pretend that a situation exists in order to deceive someone: make out (that): · We managed to fool the ticket collector by making out we couldn't speak English.· Two days later Joyce phoned to ask about the check, so I had to make out I'd already mailed it.make something out to be: · They made it out to be a really interesting job, but in fact it was ridiculously boring.
spoken to pretend to be ill, upset, injured etc, because you want to avoid doing something or you want people to feel sorry for you: · I don't think she's really ill - she's just putting it on because she doesn't want to go to school.· I couldn't tell if Harvey was putting it on, or if he really was upset.
informal to pretend to be interested, ill etc, when you are not: · The kid is always saying he's too sick to go to school, and his parents figure he's faking it.· I look at all the faces around me. Are these people really that happy? Or are they just faking it like I am?
to pretend all the time that you feel or believe something that you do not feel or believe: · I had to leave him - I couldn't go on living a lie.
to pretend that everything in your life is still as happy and successful as it used to be, even though you have suffered some kind of trouble or loss: · Of course, he tries to keep up appearances, but he lives entirely off borrowed money.· She put Christmas decorations in the window just to keep up appearances.
when you think someone else will wish they had not done something spoken use this to say that someone will later regret what they have done, because something bad will happen as a result of their actions: · Ed, you'll be sorry you ever said that.· If you don't start studying for your exams, you'll be sorry later.
spoken use this to say that someone will regret what they have done at a later time, especially a few years from now: · He may think leaving his wife for the other woman is a good idea, but he'll live to regret it.· If you put all your money in this real estate deal, I guarantee you'll live to regret it.
spoken use this to say that although someone is happy about what they have done now, they will wish they had not done it later: · You'll be laughing out of the other side of your face when I start making money with this.
to spend a lot of money · You don't have to spend a lot to be fashionable -- you just need a sense of style.spend a lot on · They must have spent a lot on their new kitchen. It's made of solid oakspend a lot of money · In recent years the company has spent a lot of money on new technology.
to spend very large amounts of money on something important, even if it costs you more than you can afford: · The wedding was wonderful. Your parents obviously went to great expense.go to great expense to do something: · Please let us have your comments on the plans for the new offices -- we're going to great expense to get everything just right.
to spend as much money as is necessary to get what you want or make something successful, without worrying about the cost: · The organizers were told to spare no expense - this was going to be the biggest show on Earth.no expense spared: · "Go out and buy whatever you want," he said, "no expense spared!"
spoken informal to have to spend more money on something than you think is fair or reasonable: · No, we can't afford to go to the bowling alley - I've forked out enough already today.shell out #50/$100 etc: · Insurance companies are having to shell out millions of pounds to the victims of the floods.shell out/fork out on: · I'm not shelling out any more money on this old car. It's not worth it!shell out/fork out for: · I failed my driving test and Dad said that he wasn't forking out for any more lessons for me.
informal to spend a lot of money and buy a lot of things in a short time for enjoyment, especially when other people think this is stupid or a waste of money: · Jilly and I decided to cheer ourselves up and go on a spending spree.· You haven't been on another spending spree, have you? What did you buy this time?
use this to say that you do not care how much money you spend on something even if it is a lot: · Simon always ordered the best. It was obvious that money was no object.money no object: · Choose whatever outfit you want - money no object!
to enjoy yourself by going out often and spending a lot of money, especially with rich or important people: · For several years they lived the high life with Hollywood stars and celebrities.· You've been living the high life recently, haven't you! You're always going out to clubs and fancy restaurants.
to not die in spite of an accident, illness, or war · Only 12 of the 140 passengers on the plane survived.· Doctors predicted that the baby would not survive with such severe disabilities.· My grandmother wouldn't survive another operation.· Not many of the insects survive the winter.
someone who has survived an accident, war, illness etc: · So far rescue workers have found no sign of any survivors.· Survivors of the accident were rushed to the nearest hospital.sole survivor (=the only survivor): · An eight-month-old baby girl was the sole survivor of a car crash that killed both her parents.
to continue to live and not die when you are in a very dangerous situation, for example in a war or when you have very little food: · They managed to stay alive by eating roots and berries.· We had to ignore the terrible things going on around us, and just concentrate on staying alive.
to survive and get better after having a very serious illness or injury: · I was so ill that the doctors weren't sure if I was going to pull through.· The first few days after the accident were awful, and everyone was just praying he'd pull through.
to survive after being involved in a serious accident, especially because of good luck: · The driver was killed but his passenger escaped with only a few scratches.escape injury/death etc: · The family escaped injury when a fire gutted their two-bedroom apartment.narrowly escape (=only just escape): · The prime minister narrowly escaped a terrorist bomb in 1999.
if you say that someone will live , you mean that they will survive, even though they have a very serious illness, injury etc: · One of the victims has severe burns and is not expected to live.live or die: · Our baby was in the intensive care unit, and we didn't know whether she would live or die.live to tell the tale/live to tell about it (=survive a very dangerous experience, so that you are able to tell people about it afterwards): · There were ten in the lifeboat, but only three lived to tell the tale.
informal to survive when you are in a very dangerous situation or when you have a very serious illness: · At one point I was so exhausted and weak that I didn't think I was going to make it.· I was surprised she had made it through the night.
if someone lasts a period of time, they continue to live during that period, even though they have a very serious illness or injury: · His breathing was getting worse and he was not expected to last the night.· It's amazing that she's managed to last this long, really.
to continue to live a normal life even though you have very little money · When I look at how much we spend on food, I wonder how unemployed people are able to survive.survive on £100 a week/a small income etc · It's really difficult to survive on £120 a week in London.· I don't know how they expect me to survive on my salary.
to have enough money to buy the things you need to live: · We don't have a lot of money to spend on luxuries, but we get by.get by on $5 a day/a small income etc: · When I was at college I used to be able to get by on $20 a week.
if someone lives on a particular amount of money, this is all the money that they have to buy everything that they need: · How much do you need to live on?· $35,000 a year sounds like a lot of money, but it's scarcely enough to live on in New York.
if it is difficult for you to make ends meet , it is difficult for you to pay for the things that you need in order to live: · Old people on pensions are finding it hard to make ends meet.· My mother had to work 12 hours a day in a factory just to make ends meet.
to have just enough money to pay your debts or to avoid closing your business: · I'm just a pensioner, trying to keep my head above water.· Schools throughout the county are struggling to keep their heads above water.
formal if someone subsists on a very small amount of money or a very small amount of food, this is all they have to live on: · They subsist on eggs and beans most of the time.subsist on a dollar a day/a small income etc: · The workers are expected to subsist on a dollar a day.
to get just enough food or money to live on by doing a particular kind of work: · She eked out a living by selling firewood.· Farmers eked out a primitive existence on the dry, stony land.
in the same place with another person · Don't leave me alone with her.· "Where's Jill?" "I don't know, I thought she was with you."· I try to make sure I have a couple of hours to spend with David every evening.· We live with my parents-in-law.· At the moment, she's in a meeting with the President.arrive/leave/go out etc with somebody · Lindsay arrived with her husband but left by herself.· I saw Rick go out of the building with Susan.
· Nicola and I were at school together.· Each year the whole family spends Christmas together.· For years, these people who are now at war lived together very peacefully.· We'd better stay together, or we might get lost.
to go to the place where someone else is, in order to be with them or do something with them: · We're sitting over there. Why don't you join us?· Her parents are going to Paris next week and she will join them later.
to be with someone, especially when this person's presence gives you support or protection: · Children under fourteen must be accompanied by an adult.· Wherever she goes she has to be accompanied by a bodyguard.· The Prince, accompanied by the Princess, spoke to many of the disaster victims in the hospital.
the presence of another person or other people, that gives you someone to talk to and stops you feeling lonely: · I was grateful for Jean's company on the long journey up to Edinburgh.have (some) company: · "Do you mind if I join you?" "No of course not, it's nice to have some company."do something for the company: · I go to French evening classes, for the company as much as for the French.miss somebody's company: · Now that she's gone, I really miss her company.
when you are with a particular person: · I always feel very relaxed in Nick's company.in the company of somebody: · Many people are uneasy in the company of strangers.
if you are in someone's presence , especially someone important or famous, you are with them or in the same place as them: · What was it like to be actually in the Queen's presence?in the presence of somebody: · I could think of very little to say in the presence of so many important people.
if people live side by side , they live together peacefully even though there are big differences between them: · It was a great experience - people from so many very different backgrounds living side by side.· The Muslim residents say they are ready and willing to live side by side with their neighbors again.
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A rather odd family came to live next door to us. As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there. Does Paul still live here? We’re still looking for somewhere to live. They’ve finally found a place to live. Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents). I’m quite happy living alone. The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in). People on average are living much longer than before. I’ll never forget this for as long as I live. My grandmother lived to 85. She lived to the age of 79. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream. The people in this country just want to live in peace. People should not live in fear of crime. We live in hope that a cure will be found. The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). Some people like to live dangerously. Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can. They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc). I just want to live my life in my own way. He’s not well enough to live a normal life. She lives a very busy life. He had chosen to live the life of a monk. She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury. We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc). He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling). You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening). His name will live forever. That day will always live in my memory. She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own. Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food). The film has certainly lived up to my expectations.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives She lives alone. a family living on the breadline The interview was broadcast live across Europe. She earns enough money to live comfortably. I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks). He’s 42 and still living in digs. Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy. Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life). These past few days have been a living hell. I’m just trying to earn an honest living. She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC. A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
A rather odd family came to live next door to us. As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there. Does Paul still live here? We’re still looking for somewhere to live. They’ve finally found a place to live. Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents). I’m quite happy living alone. The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in). British English (=live outside because of having no home) I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months.
I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months. (=the best, greatest etc who has been alive at any time) He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived.
He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived. People on average are living much longer than before. I’ll never forget this for as long as I live. My grandmother lived to 85. She lived to the age of 79. He knows he’s only got a few months to live. He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream. The people in this country just want to live in peace. People should not live in fear of crime. We live in hope that a cure will be found. The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). Some people like to live dangerously. Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can. They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc). I just want to live my life in my own way. He’s not well enough to live a normal life. She lives a very busy life. He had chosen to live the life of a monk. She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury. We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc). He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling). You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening). His name will live forever. That day will always live in my memory. She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own. Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food). The film has certainly lived up to my expectations. I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives· One in three children here die before they reach the age of 5.· The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.
She lives alone.· He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
· Troy's first live appearance was at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival.
(=the main room in a house, where people relax)· The main living area was on the second floor.
(=playing live music, not recorded music)· There’s a live band at the club on Saturday nights.
a family living on the breadline (=shown or heard as it is happening)· a live television broadcast from Beijing
The interview was broadcast live across Europe.· The bedroom carpet was cream.
· Every living cell has a nucleus.
She earns enough money to live comfortably. (=given at the time the event is happening)· He got into trouble for a remark he made during a live commentary of a football match.
(=that you watch as the performers play, rather than as a recording)· a live concert in front of 500 fans
· Living conditions in the camp were dreadful.
(=the amount you need to pay for food, clothes etc)· People are complaining about the rising cost of living.
(=broadcast at the same time as something is happening)· There will be live coverage of the concert.
· The early Greeks believed that plants were living creatures that felt pain and pleasure.
· If you drink a lot of alcohol it can cause liver damage.
I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks).· The people lived mainly on a diet of fish.
He’s 42 and still living in digs.· He is being treated for kidney disease.
· She suffers from a rare brain disorder.
· There is a shortage of kidney donors.
· The technique keeps the donor heart beating while it is transported.
Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. (also earn your living) (=earn the money you need to live)· She started to earn a living by selling her jewellery on a market stall.
(=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.
· The Guatemalan writer has lived in exile in Mexico for over 40 years.
· The women lead a miserable existence.
(=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The match was boring, and didn't live up to our expectations at all.
(=money that you spend on rent, food, and things such as electricity, gas etc)· She receives £80 a week, from which she must pay for all her living expenses.
He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.· She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.
(=be always afraid of something)· They were constantly in fear of an enemy attack.
· Terry lived in a flat on the second floor.
Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).· The two friends continued to live in harmony.
These past few days have been a living hell. (=live with your parents)· More people in their twenties are still living at home because housing is so expensive.
I’m just trying to earn an honest living.· They live in a really big house in Hampstead.
(=be as good as you think something should be)· The regime is not living up to its supposed democratic ideals.
(=be like the image you have presented of yourself)· He has certainly lived up to his wild rock-star image.
She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. (=result in deaths/in someone’s death)· That decision may have cost him his life.
· I had enough money to live a lavish lifestyle.
The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look.· While some people live in luxury, most are struggling to find enough money to live on.
She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. (=shown on TV as it happens)· There is a live match on TV every Wednesday evening.
(=played by musicians on stage)· Most of the bars have live music.
(=something extremely bad that happens in your life)· Being told I had cancer was a waking nightmare.
I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. (=think only about the past)· You’ve got to stop living in the past.
· I hope we can learn to live in peace.
(=one performed for people who are watching)· This is the band’s first live performance since last year.
· Half the world is living in poverty.
(=someone whose existence or experience proves something)· She is living proof that stress need not necessarily be ageing.
The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). (=regret it in the future)· If you don’t go, you may live to regret it.
· As far as she knew, she had no living relatives.
(=be as good as people say it is)· New York certainly lived up to its reputation as an exciting city.
Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me.
The alarm scared the hell out of me. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. (=broadcast on TV or radio as it is happening)· Tonight’s show is live from Wembley Stadium.
(=be receiving money from the government)
(=no one) I promise I won’t tell a soul.
I promise I won’t tell a soul. (=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.
(also standard of living) (=the level of comfort and the amount of money people have)· Living standards at all income levels improved over that period.
a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC.· The accident was shown on live television.
· Everyone lived in terror of the religious police.
A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.· As long as he could avoid this seasonal parasite, he would live forever.· In an arena where most bands are denied even their 15 minutes of fame, Whyte wants to live forever.· If anyone eats of this bread, they will live forever.
· Yet traditionally football and business have not lived happily together.· Later they had a son named Bastianelo, and the family lived happily ever after.· We might even be able to buy back Mulberry Cottage and start all over again, living happily ever after.· I would stay at home to raise them and live happily ever after.· Gillian and Oliver must live happily ever after.· With no one left to sabotage them, Snow White and the prince lived happily ever after.· Undoubted crustaceans are found in rocks as old as Cambrian, at which time free-swimming species were living happily alongside the trilobites.· She lives happily ever after, but guess what?
· Isn't he living here with me?· After 1913, when Kendall and Flora gave up living here, nobody else lived here either.· He wasn't born in Medmelton, but has lived here for more than twenty years.· But my children may not be able to live here.· I didn't know she lived here!· Clark County has some 147, 500 residents, of whom about 70, 500 live here in Springfield.· When I marry I can't live here.
· Beddington had lived long enough to know that very few people were quite what the public considered them.· Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress. Long live motherhood and home ownership!· Long live the students! Long live the people!· Dunleavy is dead! Long live Dunne!· Maclean, perhaps fortunately, did not live long enough to witness the collapse of the system he had built up.· My Dad lived long enough to see me finish my training and qualify as a pilot.· Female speaker I don't think I'd live long enough to see it mature.
· This was where she lived now.· He now lived, it seemed, in a small village on the Yorkshire/Lincolnshire border.· Q.. Will the monarchy survive the bunch now living in Buckingham Palace?· The film and the television scripts were all sent for approval to Laurent de Brunhoff, who now lives in Connecticut.· Now lives in a mansion down South.· The couple now live in Manhattan, as do Ethan and his wife.
· I still live in the same place, but I try to vary my route, to fight laziness.· Fabulously ancient, they live on in each of us; and they will still live on after we have passed away.· Within twenty years there was a thriving industry in photographic prints, which included impressive landscapes, views and still lives.· She still lived with Michael, still slept with him every night.· Currently, all three remaining members of My Captains still live in Oxford.· But they are still living organisms.· We've broken up, I've been heartbroken through bizarre circumstances ... but I still live with that person.· People walked and talked leisurely as if they were still living in a Confucian village.
· That was not the case when Denis Nilsen lived there.· McLaren has lived there for 15 years.· Such odd people upstairs and one has no control over who lives there.· Generals and high-ranking officers live there.· Those who choose to live there keep it undefiled.· Howard and his sister lived there five years, enjoying the home, and have rented it for the past decade.· Snobbish Rufus had not thought it possible for some one like that to live there, but why not, after all?· My father and brother both lived there, and I looked at some land in both Vermont and Massachusetts.
· Jacqueline and Tommy lived together and drank and fought.· The women, both 33, have been living together and sharing their lives for the last six years.· We'd set on living together, and seeing how it worked out, with or without the baby.· Oh, yes: They are ostensibly in love and living together.· In the case of married persons living together, a spouse's interest is an indirect interest for this purpose.· Overcrowding has weakened the cherished tradition of extended families living together.· Otherwise, he'd never have expressed surprise at the news that he and Ixora were living together.· They live together on a lushly beautiful dairy farm.
NOUN· Yet the young are living in an age which over the past year has become dramatically uncertain.· Through his teachings I hope to live to a great age.· We're living in the Golden Age.· She was born there, she lived there until age 21, and she has made nine documentary films about the country.· She wanted to live with the foster parents she lived with at the age of two.· They tell you we are living in a fast age.· One important reason for optimism is that we now live in a disinflationary age.· We live in an age of niche markets, in which customers have become accustomed to high quality and extensive choice.
· Residents living in the Jennyfields area of Harrogate were warned that the pills could prove harmful if taken by children.· An estimated 70,000 Mormons live in the Bay Area.· Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge?· I have felt the same shock and outrage since I lived in the Lakeside area and watched the butchery of those trees.· Gooseneck found out about it through a retired old retainer who lived in the area.· His family will continue to live in the Bay Area, at least part of the year.· Sixty percent of the artists in Merseyside live in the area, Joe tells me.· His grandmother, who lives in the area, is ailing.
· Finally, certain vulnerable groups were most affected by these changes, notably black families living in inner city deprived areas.· A quarter of them live in New York City.· These were people who lived in cities.· An increasing proportion of the latter occupations seek to live beyond the cities and to commute back to them.· Those of us who live in the City of Tucson want you wealthy welfare freeloaders off our backs.· Growing numbers live in the city and travel outwards to work.· We have lived mostly in cities for less than one thousand years.
· Does he agree that that policy would have a devastating impact on people who live in the country areas of Teignbridge?· Many already have lived in several countries and are en route to several more.· We had always lived in a healthy country, where the mountains were high and the water was cold and clear.· The final report argues that economic growth is crucial but often not sufficient to improve living standards in poor countries.· But when you live in another country awhile, you lose your identity and you acquire one from the new country.· She mostly lived in the country and she was rich.· Still, they did feel that they lived in an important country, an actor in the world, not a victim.
· We have to learn how to live with our own fear of madness, not of its captives.· We all live with fear of crime in our homes and on our streets.· It's a cliche to say people are living in fear, but sadly it's all too true in Larne.· The town was a cluster of different quarters, all living in fear of massacre.· The whole community has been living in fear for far too long, menaced equally by both sets of paramilitaries.· Adults went home, listened to quiet music, lived in disbelief and fear.· Yet the survey shows that there is also no reason to live in fear.· Would she have to live permanently with the fear that she had failed him?
· He was soon released and lived at home for another year, but there was no more playing.· When people want to live at home and need some help, Medicare will not pay for it.· She was happy to do the housework, and live at home with Tabby and me.· And I decided to live at home as I started school.· Time allowed 00:18 Read in studio Eight young couples are living in new homes thanks to a village's own housing scheme.· Right now I live at home with my parents.· He says he's glad because he lives in the home with his wife.· At their new camp just a few miles from Polho, residents live in temporary homes with plastic sheeting for walls.
· I was to live in his house.· He lives in a house that was built in 173o, and he collects photographs of his relatives.· Women learn at an early age that most men do not like angry women living in the same house.· When I was living in this house in 1938, the bathrooms were out in the hall.· He is now on probation, living in a boarding house in another part of the town since his arrest.· But I've lived in the same house with my daughter-in-law for four years.· Mrs Hollyoake lived at the house in Belper, Derbys, with her husband and their 16-year-old daughter.· Subsequently the son agrees that Mr X can live in the house on every Saturday for ten years.
· One-third of the world's human population lives on land that is liable to be inundated if the seas rise.· Like Israelites after the exodus, the liberated slaves saw themselves free to live in the Promised Land.· Artisans and traders living on this privileged land escaped the tax and other service duties of townsmen.· The city of Nice, however, lived more from the land than from commerce.· Some species manage to live on land in humid tropical forests, undulating on mucus that they secrete from their undersides.· We do not live in such a land.· Three-quarters of the population throughout the eighteenth and most of the nineteenth centuries lived by the land.· To live with this view is not to live in the land of the rising sun.
· I must live a life that pleases him.· It's better to keep trying to find love than to live a lonely life.· Understand that your career should be living your life your way.· That's why he lived a lonely life and locked all his doors so carefully.· All of us have to escape the second time if we are to live our lives.· Everybody should be free to live their lives as they wish.· He was living a nice life.
· I want you to live in peace.· Voltaire was wrong, of course, about the degree to which the multitude would live in happiness and peace.· We remember the past as something bitter, but we are going to create conditions for two communities to live in peace.· You have to live in war and peace the same way.· Or, more to the point, how they could live in peace and make money.· Now Aladdin and his wife lived in peace, and when the old sultan died, Aladdin ruled.· The other principle is the right of every state in the area to live in peace within secure and recognised borders.· It would be impossible for the affluent to live in peace if conflict after conflict exploded in the third world.
· It's a strangely happy place to live in.· When Susan and I visit her, we leave real fast: this is no place anyone should live in.· Is it a good place to live?· I have essentially accessed another world, the place where my information lives.· This makes it a more interesting place to live.· There had never been anything glamorous about poverty in the places I had lived.· In which case, the world would be that one bit nicer a place to live in.· They had no place to live except on the pavements.
· Thus more than twice as many older women as older men live in poverty or on its margins.· Between 1987 and 1992, the number of preschool children living in poverty increased from 5 to 6 million.· Heaven help the villagers of Fungureme, still living in poverty alongside those cobalt deposits.· More than one Washingtonian out of every four officially lives in poverty.· Followers were prepared to live a life of poverty.· Will these peoples continue to live in poverty and disease, or will they be brought up to modern standards of living?· The population fell by 1 % last year, and 35 % of the people live below the national poverty line.· These workers, full-time and part-time, and their family members, comprise an additional 30 million people living in poverty.
· Furthermore, food prices could sharply distinguish the standard of living in one year from both the preceding one and the next.· The 6 million people of Hong Kong have an obvious stake in maintaining their high standard of living.· Local economists agree that the standard of living has fallen for most Romanianssince 1989.· Being rich and enjoying a high standard of living was not the goal.· Vacuum cleaners to ensure clean houses are praiseworthy and essential in our standard of living.· A new way of consumption was enforced but it tended to sacrifice social economy so as to maintain artificial standards of living.
· She lives in a street near Russell Square.· Page has hit proverbial rock bottom and has become a walking skeleton living on the streets.· Maggie now recognized the voice of Faith Caskie who lived across the street.· Of the group, two are married, one is gay, another is bisexual and another lives on the streets.· Thousands live on the streets in gangs, surviving by begging and stealing.· Sheffield lives across the street on a block where five of the six houses are occupied by family members.· SHe'd lived on the street too long.· Frank Morales, a neighborhood activist who lives across the street from the park, said Thursday at the dedication.
· His wife Hannah lived on until 24 February 1778.· Nicolas, 32, and his 31-year-old wife live in a modest apartment and friends say pride stopped them getting in touch with her.· My first wife, Dinah, lived there.· The fisherman and his wife still live there today.· He and his wife Susie live there as tenants with their four children.· My wife lives alone five days a week in a rural area in upstate New York.
· In that gray place the three women lived, all gray themselves and withered as in extreme old age.· Helen will outlive me - women live longer, it seems.· I hope the colored woman who lived with Mrs Houghton will get me some.· It would be wrong to conclude that it is simply because women live longer than men.· In most societies women travel to live with their husbands, whereas men tend to remain close to their relatives.· By contrast, only about 27 percent of women living alone had an occupational pension.· Jack climbed the beanstalk, where he found a giant woman living in a castle.
· But we don't live in a perfect world.· We now live in a world where labor is abundant compared to capital.· It was, broadly speaking, the cultural outcome of modernity, the social experience of living in the modern world.· For a while he was thinking that he could live in both worlds.· It's important to preserve the old, but we live in the real world.· By 1920 she had proved herself by earning a living in a difficult world, and by winning recognition in literary circles.· We live in a world like the Gandavyuha - a place of transparent beauty.· Such people live in a dead world, because a world without scale and levels of being is indeed dead.
· I've lived here nearly forty years, ever since I were first married.· Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.· In reality, Yusuf was not even present and El Cid was to live for several more years.· His wife joined the Poor Clares, and Conrad a hermitage, where he lived for many years.· They had been living in it for years.· Old thought: We lived for thousands of years without needing to make or take phone calls right this red hot second.· Medicinal leeches in captivity can live for many years, but nobody in my local hospital knows precisely how long.· He lived his remaining forty years in prayer and penitence.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► you live and learn► you haven’t lived (if/until ...)► live the dream► long live the King/Queen! etc► long live democracy/freedom etc► live on something► live on something► live out somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land► the cost of living► scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody► beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody► the elephant in the (living) room► excuse me (for living)!► live off the fat of the land► be living in a fool’s paradise► I/we live in hope► in the land of the living► live as man and wife► be/live in the moment► think that the world owes you a living► pardon me for breathing/living► be/live in each other’s pockets► think the world owes you a living
- But the park's present elephants are eager to inspect their £250,000 living quarters before they move in.
- Hamilton had disappeared through the connecting passage which led to their living quarters.
- I tend to be work-oriented and my living quarters seem to have shrunk, year by year, to this miniature state.
- The living quarters of servants undoubtedly improved.
- The teens, agitated by their restriction, were randomly leaving their living quarters and vehemently hurling obscenities and spitting at staff.
- They were transferring it to living quarters attached to the hospital.
- To those used to claustrophobic living quarters and the isolation of island living, a mini-Bio2 seems positively charming.
- We visited the chapel and then headed for the living quarters.
- Most of my paycheck just goes to living expenses.
- At present the county council pays his tuition fees and we pay his living expenses, which we can continue.
- But that money's for his work ... not for living expenses.
- Couples who register pledge to be jointly responsible for their basic living expenses.
- It gave us medical coverage and helped cover our living expenses.
- So after living expenses and charity there's not a lot left over.
- Then there is an estimate of how much was required or expended for his own personal and living expenses.
- They borrowed more money for living expenses, then the second mortgage of £16,000 from a company call Dorend.
- Also information about vocational functioning and living arrangements was gathered by interview.
- But I wish he'd civilize his living arrangements.
- In doing so they will not only be dealing with grief and loss, but also rethinking their own daily living arrangements.
- It was unclear Thursday whether there would be any change in Sun Bonds' living arrangements.
- Kelly moved him to another school for a year before her living arrangements required her to put him back in West University.
- Make sure your children feel involved Children should be consulted about living arrangements, not just presented with an ultimatum.
- Unfortunately for many of those affected, the amount provided was not nearly enough to pay for more expensive living arrangements.
- While hardly ideal, our living arrangements were suitably ascetic, and conducive to inner preparation.
- Lisa was living it up like she didn't have a care in the world.
- Accountant used cash to live it up.
- I am living it up with Survage at the Coq d'Or.
- It's no good looking for a man's body round here if the owner's living it up in Costa Rica.
- The trim is the shirt; here you can live it up, get a touch more fashionable.
- They lived it up while they were on Earth.
- This contented canine's living it up.
- Under a false identity, he's living it up in Florence, dining out with the aristocracy.
- The city's homeless live completely by their wits.
- Days when there were no news sensations the newsboys lived by their wits.
- Freddie lived by his wits and he was involved with many shady characters.
- Betts said he announced his homosexuality because he couldn't go on living a lie.
- I had to leave him - I couldn't go on living a lie.
- A few miles from the house where Irina and I live lies an old churchyard.
- All their married life she had been living a lie.
- But she was living a lie wasn't she?
- By refraining from questioning I've allowed Liza to go on living a lie.
- If I accepted this relationship you seem to want, you'd come to hate me for making you live a lie.
- If you live a lie, what is the next step?
- Now Diana will feel she need no longer go on living a lie trapped in a sham relationship.
- As long as Moira was around, Tamar was living on borrowed time.
- But now, as long as they existed, he was living on borrowed time.
- We were, after all, living in sin, and she was a devoted Catholic.
- Residents of the city live and breathe high school football.
- And how they could live and breathe and make more of themselves.
- Bob Darnell lives and breathes motor scooters.
- Do you live and breathe whatever the position is about?-Do you have the skills nary for this position?
- Fans live and breathe for either Celtic or Rangers.
- I won't ever forget you, lad; not while I live and breathe, I won't.
- She couldn't live and let live.
- The Smiths, though, have little time for the live and let live view.
- He may think leaving his wife for the other woman is a good idea, but he'll live to regret it.
- If you put all your money in this real estate deal, I guarantee you'll live to regret it.
- A conciliatory gesture, some argued, would appease the cardinal and Holy Trinity would live to fight another day.
- By his diplomacy, it was true, Gordon had lived to fight another day.
- Having lived to fight another day, Mayer did - with Sam Goldwyn.
- Or will they live to fight another day?
- Pol pot lives to fight another day despite butchering millions of his people.
- The choice for us was whether to take a strike unprepared or to live to fight another day.
- A church that only looks to itself will never be living life to the full.
- At the new house, he lived life to the full.
- It affects us directly - a balanced diet means we have the necessary energy to carry on living life to the full.
- To live life to the full involves awareness of the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual self.
- Tony was treated like an adult, and he got to live life to the full.
- Wants to live life to the full.
- They've been living high on the hog since Jim got the money from his aunt.
- He lived from hand to mouth making instant resolves every time he opened his mail.
- Teacher To live from hand to mouth.
- Egalitarian Rousseau lived out his life as the spoilt plaything of eccentric aristocrats.
- He began teaching philosophy at Harvard in 1882 and lived out his life as an eastern intellectual.
- John Morton lived out his life in Darvel, always respected by the people of the Irvine Valley.
- Our comfort is this: We will live out our lives enchanted by Claire, her spell never broken.
- She will find a way to live out her life without gangster Jackie.
- There, side by side, Amelia and Mary Ann would live out their lives.
- If you think he'll change, you're living in a dream world.
- By the time this Clinton-Dole thing is over, you and I could be living on Easy Street.
- Cliff's family worked in the cotton fields to eke out a meager living.
- Again, the choice was between following the work to the factory towns or eking out an existence by labouring.
- Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living.
- I was tired of eking out an existence near poverty level on my meager assistantship.
- Most of them eke out a living as subsistence farmers.
- Most people still live in the hinterlands of the inhabited islands eking out a living, but poverty abounds.
- She continued to eke out a living based on the fading memories of her famous plunge.
- The elderly eke out a living on pensions averaging from $ 50 to $ 75 monthly.
- The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
- To be in the ranks of the Foodie Fascists is, quite frankly, the living end.
- High-ranking public officials should take the bus so they can see how the other half lives.
- Ye never knew how the other half lives!
- As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.
- But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.
- But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.
- He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.
- He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.
- His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.
- It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.
- All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her.
- And just lagging it slightly was the image of the posed dancer.
- But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.
- It was the image of returning once again to her empty maisonette in Ealing.
- My favorite is the image of an aproned cook in the rear of the open kitchen.
- Pressing upon the rest of us is the image of all those dormant scars in the crust potentially surging to life.
- This is the image of a successful couple.
- Throughout the show's history, for instance, Cleese was the very image of pompous, impatient rectitude.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- She had a live-in boyfriend to whom she devoted most of her time and energy.
- She met her live-in boyfriend on-line.
- She took no new live-in lover, and as far as she was aware, neither did Charles.
- Two divorces, a long string of live-in boyfriends.
- Long live the King!
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- As a replacement for the Bluebird, the Primera is on another planet.
- People in the Antelope Valley worry that most people south of the mountains think that their valley is on another planet.
- We were, after all, living in sin, and she was a devoted Catholic.
- Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage?
- Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
- They had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage.
WORD FAMILYverbliveoutliverelivelivenupadjectivelivelivelylivingliveablenounlivelinesslivinglivelihoodadverblive
1in a place/home [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live in a place, you have your home therelive in/at/near etc They lived in Holland for ten years. He lives just across the street from me. We live only a few miles from the coast. A rather odd family came to live next door to us. As soon as I saw the place, I knew I didn’t want to live there. Does Paul still live here? We’re still looking for somewhere to live. They’ve finally found a place to live.live with My grandmother came to live with us when I was ten. Most seventeen-year-olds still live at home (=live with their parents). I’m quite happy living alone. The house has 3,600 square feet of living space (=the areas of a house you live in).live rough British English (=live outside because of having no home) I ran away from home and lived rough for nine months.2plant/animal [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] a plant or animal that lives in a particular place grows there or has its home therelive in/on etc These particular birds live on only one island in the Pacific.3at a particular time [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if you live at a particular time, you are alive thenlive before/in/at He lived in the eighteenth century. She lived at a time when women were not expected to work. Gladstone lived during a period of great social change.the best/greatest etc that/who ever lived (=the best, greatest etc who has been alive at any time) He’s probably the best journalist who ever lived.4be/stay alive [intransitive] to be alive or be able to stay alive: Without light, plants couldn’t live. He is extremely ill and not expected to live. The baby only lived a few hours. People on average are living much longer than before. I’ll never forget this for as long as I live.live to (be) 80/90 etc/live to the age of 80/90 etc My grandmother lived to 85. She lived to the age of 79.have two weeks/six months etc to live He knows he’s only got a few months to live. He did not live to see (=live long enough to see) the realization of his dream.5way of life [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to have a particular type of life, or live in a particular waylive in peace/poverty etc The people in this country just want to live in peace. People should not live in fear of crime. We live in hope that a cure will be found.live peacefully/quietly/happily etc The two communities live peacefully alongside each other. She thought that she would get married and live happily ever after (=like in a children’s story). Some people like to live dangerously. Most elderly people prefer to live independently if they can. They earn enough money to live well (=have plenty of food, clothes etc). I just want to live my life in my own way. He’s not well enough to live a normal life.live a quiet/active/healthy etc life She lives a very busy life. He had chosen to live the life of a monk. She’s now in Hollywood living a life of luxury.live by I have always tried to live by my faith (=according to my religion). We struggle on, living from day to day (=trying to find enough money each day to buy food etc). He was tired of living out of a suitcase (=spending a lot of time travelling).6earn a living [intransitive] the way that someone lives is the way that they earn money to buy food etc: Fishing is the way their families have lived for generations.live by doing something They live by hunting and killing deer.7exciting life [intransitive] to have an exciting life: She wanted to get out and live a little. We’re beginning to live at last!8imagine something [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to imagine that things are happening to youlive in He lives in a fantasy world.live through She lived through her children’s lives. You must stop living in the past (=imagining that things from the past are still happening).9be kept somewhere [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] British English informal the place where something lives is the place where it is kept: Where do these cups live? Those big dishes live in the cupboard next to the fridge.10still exist/have influence [intransitive] if an idea lives, it continues to exist and influence people: Democracy still lives! His name will live forever. That day will always live in my memory.11living quarters the part of a building where people live, especially a building that is used by many people or is used for several different purposes: the White House living quarters12living expenses the money you need to spend in order to live, for example on food or a house: His tuition is paid, but he’ll work to cover his living expenses.13living arrangements the way someone organizes how and where they will live: Her mother disapproved of the living arrangements, saying that two girls living with four boys was bound to cause problems.14live it up informal to do things that you enjoy and spend a lot of money: Sam was living it up in London.15live by your wits to get money by being clever or dishonest, and not by doing an ordinary job16live a lie to pretend all the time that you feel or believe something when actually you do not feel that way: I knew that I could not continue to live a lie.17be living on borrowed time to be still alive after the time that you were expected to die: She’s been living on borrowed time for the last year.18live in sin old-fashioned if people live in sin, they live together and have a sexual relationship without being married19live and breathe something to enjoy doing something so much that you spend most of your time on it: Politics is the stuff I live and breathe.20you live and learn spoken used to say that you have just learned something that you did not know before21live and let live used to say that you should accept other people’s behaviour, even if it seems strange22you haven’t lived (if/until ...) spoken used to say that someone’s life will be boring if they do not do a particular exciting thing: You haven’t lived until you’ve tasted champagne.23somebody will live to regret it used to say that someone will wish that they had not done something: If you marry him, you’ll live to regret it.24live to see/fight another day to continue to live or work after a failure or after you have dealt with a difficult situation: Hopefully, the company will live to fight another day.25live life to the full to enjoy doing a lot of different things: She believes in living life to the full.26live high on the hog used to say that someone has a nice life because they have a lot of money and buy expensive things – often used to show disapproval27live from hand to mouth to have only just enough money to buy food: We lived from hand to mouth, never knowing where the next meal was coming from.28live the dream to have the kind of life that you always wanted to have, especially after becoming very successful or rich: I always wanted to be a famous singer, and now I'm living the dream.29long live the King/Queen! etc spoken used as an expression of loyal support for a person30long live democracy/freedom etc used to say that you hope something continues to exist for a long time: Long live free education!THESAURUSlive to have your home somewhere: · He lives with his parents.· Where do you live?· Do you like living in Tokyo?· Jo lives next to a busy road.· Judy lives in that nice house on the corner.· How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it?· In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.be from/come from use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live: · My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow.· The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England.· ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’· The winner came from Australia.inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there – used especially in written descriptions: · The island is mainly inhabited by sheep.· Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.reside formal to live in a particular country, city etc: · She now resides in the US.· Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn.· At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris.· Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address?· The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.grow up to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager: · This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.· I grew up on a farm in South Africa.live something ↔ down phrasal verb if someone does not live something down, people never forget about it and never stop laughing at them for it: She’ll never live that down!live for something phrasal verb if you live for something, it is the thing that you enjoy or hope for most in your life: He lived for his art. She had nothing left to live for. She lives for the day when she can have a house of her own.live in phrasal verb British English if someone lives in, they live in the place where they work: Sometimes it can be easier if you have a nanny who lives in.live off somebody/something phrasal verb to get your income or food from a supply of money or from another person: Mom used to live off the interest from her savings. Dad lost his job and we had to live off welfare. Most people in the countryside live off the land (=live by growing or finding their own food).live on phrasal verb1if something lives on, it continues to exist: Alice’s memory will live on.2live on something to have a particular amount of money to buy food and other necessary things: I don’t know how they manage to live on £55 a week. the number of families who live on benefits3live on something to eat a lot of a particular type of food: They live on bread and potatoes. He practically lives on fish and chips!live out phrasal verb1 British English if someone lives out, they do not live in the place where they work: Most home helps prefer to live out.2live out something to experience or do something that you have planned or hoped for SYN fulfil, realize: The money enabled them to live out their dreams.3live out your life to continue to live in a particular way or place until you die: He lived out his life in solitude.live through something phrasal verb to experience difficult or dangerous conditions SYN endure: the generation that lived through the Second World War It was hard to describe the nightmare she had lived through.live together phrasal verb if people live together, they live in the same house and have a sexual relationship but are not married: They lived together for two years before they got married.live up to something phrasal verb if something or someone lives up to a particular standard or promise, they do as well as they were expected to, do what they promised etc: The bank is insolvent and will be unable to live up to its obligations. The film has certainly lived up to my expectations.live with somebody/something phrasal verb1to accept a difficult situation that is likely to continue for a long time SYN put up with, tolerate: You have to learn to live with stress. He has lived with his illness for most of his life.2to live in the same house as someone and have a sexual relationship with them without being married: She’s living with her boyfriend now.3if something lives with you, it stays in your mind: That episode has lived with me all my life.live1 verblive2 adjectivelive3 adverb
livelive2 /laɪv/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjective WORD ORIGINlive2
Origin:
1500-1600 aliveEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- live ammunition
- They are campaigning against experiments on live animals.
- Experts figure it is more than 1, 000 years old and one of the largest live oaks in the United States.
- From this unique contraption, Hart will oversee the live performances.
- It features carnival rides, live bands and a dance pavilion along with booths for food, arts and crafts.
- Moreover, the live food that all fish are particularly fond of is worms.
- Styx A fun pub with entertainment ranging from disco and live music, to pianist and cabaret.
- The live performance for me right now is about being present.
Longman Language Activatorwhen things or people really exist
used to describe people or things that really exist and have not been imagined: · You can dress up either as a fictional character or a real person.very real: · His problems are very real. I don't think you should laugh at him.· There was a very real danger of being robbed during the night.
real, especially as compared with what is intended, believed, or what is usually expected: · How does the actual cost compare with the budget?· Although buses are supposed to run every fifteen minutes, the actual waiting time can be up to an hour.· The actual amount of water needed by the crop depends on the weather conditions.
the true value, nature, importance etc of something is its real value etc rather than what seems at first to be correct: · It is difficult to measure the true value of these amenities to the local community.· The true significance of the General's offer has yet to be established.
informal a real live person or animal is one that is actually alive and real: · Seeing real live animals in a zoo is much more exciting that just watching them on television.· I've never met a real live movie star before!
to talk to someone to say something to someone, or have a conversation: · We sat around talking for hours.· two friends talking on the phonetalk about: · They talked about their favourite pop stars.talk to: · Danny was talking to a girl he'd just met at the bar.· It's been nice talking to you.talk with somebody American: · I left Mario talking with my mother.
to talk to someone. Speak is more formal than talk: · The brothers haven't spoken since the funeral.speak to: · There's a man from the Times on the phone who wants to speak to you.· I spoke to a few people at the party who knew him.
· Did you say something? Sorry - I wasn't listening.· No one said anything.· The older woman said something in Spanish.say something about · I can remember him saying something about his mother being ill.say something to · Pradeep could hear her saying something to the nurse.
especially British to talk in a friendly and informal way, especially about things that are not very important: · The girls were sitting on the steps, chatting.chat about: · We drank our coffee and chatted about our experiences.chat with/to: · Harry chatted to a couple of Australian tourists as we waited for the show to begin.
to talk to someone for a period of time: · Could we just sit down and have a normal conversation without shouting?have a conversation about: · We were sitting around the kitchen table having a conversation about food and restaurants.
to be having a conversation, especially one that takes all your attention: be in conversation with: · When I arrived, Diana was already in animated conversation with Mr Summers.be deep in conversation (=so that you do not notice what is happening around you): · The two men were deep in conversation as they walked up the path.
to make an effort to have a conversation with someone, just in order to seem friendly or polite: · I tried to make small talk, but Darden wasn't interested.· "Why did you tell her that?" "I was just making conversation."make polite conversation: · Sheila was sitting next to the boss's wife and felt obliged to make polite conversation.
American informal to talk in a relaxed way to someone you know well: · Mom and Aunt Jo were sitting drinking coffee and visiting.visit with: · I don't see him that often, but I like to go and visit with him when I can.
formal to have a conversation: · We met once and conversed briefly. That was the extent of our acquaintance.converse with: · The conference gave me an opportunity to meet and converse with VIPs in relaxed surroundings.
when people talk to each other using the Internet by typing in what they want to say and having this sent immediately to someone using a computer in a different place: · On-line chat is becoming an increasingly popular way for young people to make new friends.· Log on to live chat this evening and put your questions to your favourite pop stars.
WORD SETSaerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We were so excited to see real live elephants. A lot of the bars have live music. The band will be giving a live concert performance next week. We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=album that was recorded from a live performance). It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance). Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd. Drink-driving is still very much a live issue.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives She lives alone. a family living on the breadline The interview was broadcast live across Europe. She earns enough money to live comfortably. I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks). He’s 42 and still living in digs. Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy. Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life). These past few days have been a living hell. I’m just trying to earn an honest living. She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC. A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
We were so excited to see real live elephants. A lot of the bars have live music. The band will be giving a live concert performance next week. We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=album that was recorded from a live performance). It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance). Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd. Drink-driving is still very much a live issue. I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives· One in three children here die before they reach the age of 5.· The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.
She lives alone.· He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
· Troy's first live appearance was at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival.
(=the main room in a house, where people relax)· The main living area was on the second floor.
(=playing live music, not recorded music)· There’s a live band at the club on Saturday nights.
a family living on the breadline (=shown or heard as it is happening)· a live television broadcast from Beijing
The interview was broadcast live across Europe.· The bedroom carpet was cream.
· Every living cell has a nucleus.
She earns enough money to live comfortably. (=given at the time the event is happening)· He got into trouble for a remark he made during a live commentary of a football match.
(=that you watch as the performers play, rather than as a recording)· a live concert in front of 500 fans
· Living conditions in the camp were dreadful.
(=the amount you need to pay for food, clothes etc)· People are complaining about the rising cost of living.
(=broadcast at the same time as something is happening)· There will be live coverage of the concert.
· The early Greeks believed that plants were living creatures that felt pain and pleasure.
· If you drink a lot of alcohol it can cause liver damage.
I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks).· The people lived mainly on a diet of fish.
He’s 42 and still living in digs.· He is being treated for kidney disease.
· She suffers from a rare brain disorder.
· There is a shortage of kidney donors.
· The technique keeps the donor heart beating while it is transported.
Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. (also earn your living) (=earn the money you need to live)· She started to earn a living by selling her jewellery on a market stall.
(=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.
· The Guatemalan writer has lived in exile in Mexico for over 40 years.
· The women lead a miserable existence.
(=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The match was boring, and didn't live up to our expectations at all.
(=money that you spend on rent, food, and things such as electricity, gas etc)· She receives £80 a week, from which she must pay for all her living expenses.
He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.· She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.
(=be always afraid of something)· They were constantly in fear of an enemy attack.
· Terry lived in a flat on the second floor.
Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).· The two friends continued to live in harmony.
These past few days have been a living hell. (=live with your parents)· More people in their twenties are still living at home because housing is so expensive.
I’m just trying to earn an honest living.· They live in a really big house in Hampstead.
(=be as good as you think something should be)· The regime is not living up to its supposed democratic ideals.
(=be like the image you have presented of yourself)· He has certainly lived up to his wild rock-star image.
She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. (=result in deaths/in someone’s death)· That decision may have cost him his life.
· I had enough money to live a lavish lifestyle.
The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look.· While some people live in luxury, most are struggling to find enough money to live on.
She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. (=shown on TV as it happens)· There is a live match on TV every Wednesday evening.
(=played by musicians on stage)· Most of the bars have live music.
(=something extremely bad that happens in your life)· Being told I had cancer was a waking nightmare.
I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. (=think only about the past)· You’ve got to stop living in the past.
· I hope we can learn to live in peace.
(=one performed for people who are watching)· This is the band’s first live performance since last year.
· Half the world is living in poverty.
(=someone whose existence or experience proves something)· She is living proof that stress need not necessarily be ageing.
The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). (=regret it in the future)· If you don’t go, you may live to regret it.
· As far as she knew, she had no living relatives.
(=be as good as people say it is)· New York certainly lived up to its reputation as an exciting city.
Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me.
The alarm scared the hell out of me. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. (=broadcast on TV or radio as it is happening)· Tonight’s show is live from Wembley Stadium.
(=be receiving money from the government)
(=no one) I promise I won’t tell a soul.
I promise I won’t tell a soul. (=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.
(also standard of living) (=the level of comfort and the amount of money people have)· Living standards at all income levels improved over that period.
a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC.· The accident was shown on live television.
· Everyone lived in terror of the religious police.
A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.· To do the Inlay shot required mixing film footage of the city with live action of the Doctor's party.· I wanted live action, not polite conversation and chicken cordon bleu.· In the past, to the horror of soccer purists, broadcasters have cut away from live action for commercial breaks.· Stone age really, but for once it left all the live action in the shade.
· They took stock with a live album.· But the rest of the album, unlike other live albums, was truly live.· He went on to record a live album in 1966 with the blues legend Jimmy Witherspoon.
· Policemen who were stoned by the crowd used live ammunition to disperse it, killing at least one person.· He'd have been kicked out of here if it wasn't obvious that he'd actually used live ammunition.· When arrested, he was found to be in possession of a small-calibre handgun and several rounds of live ammunition.· One of the machine guns had live ammunition attached to it.· As the situation worsened more border police entered the area and began firing live ammunition into the crowd.· Leipzigers feared live ammunition could be used.· The army's next line of defence concerns the use of live ammunition.
· He begins his career as a boy with gruesome, bloody experiments on live animals.· In this way only those predators that attack live animals are affected when they ingest the substance contained in the neck device.· Inspection begins with live animals and continues through slaughter and processing.· Nevertheless, live animal experimentation is deeply embedded in the culture of contemporary biomedical science.· Rather than outlaw the sale of live animals, we should require that all stores sell only live animals.· Does he accept that the conditions in which live animals are exported must be humane?· Rather than outlaw the sale of live animals, we should require that all stores sell only live animals.
· By all means read some of these but there is no substitute for practising on a live audience.· The comedian expressed doubts about his ability to perform without a live audience, but agreed to do it.· I like writing for live audiences with no agenda at all except to enjoy the work.· We had a live audience of one, Richard's wife, Elizabeth Taylor.· I had been in television studios before but never with a live audience, so that was a bit different.· The programme was filmed in front of a live audience who had to clap, laugh and commiserate in all the appropriate places.· The experience of watching some one lecture to a live audience is very different from being there yourself.
· The evening programme is aimed at teenagers and features a live band and soup kitchen.· It features carnival rides, live bands and a dance pavilion along with booths for food, arts and crafts.· They rose to the bait and decided they needed to prove a point, putting together their nine-piece Bootsy Collins-featuring live band.· We wanted to use as few effects as possible and make it sound like a live band.· The Wedding Present consolidated their reputation as a fine live band during 1988 but released a dearth of new material.· Our Exmoor club is free to residents - and you can enjoy regular entertainment, discos and live bands.· It has a great dance floor and discos and live bands are staged here regularly.· I have a great live band, probably one of the best in the world.
· In some areas of the Black Triangle, ten per-cent of all live births resulted in infants with crippling birth defects.· The number of abortions performed each year was estimated at between 300,000 and 600,000, compared with 550,000 live births.· The two variables are infant mortality per 1000 live births and gross national product per head.· In 1928, 620,627 live births were recorded, compared with 950,782 in 1920.
· The activity centres around the big top in Stockton High Street offering free all day entertainment with live broadcasts and personal appearances.· As everyone who has watched the live broadcast remembers, El Comandante spoke for fifty-five minutes.· Liberal politicians paraded through the studios, providing soundbites that were instantly fed into the live broadcasts.
· This is a brilliant live concert by the group with Taylor, Fdsell and Mouzon.· The final episode of the season will feature the group in a live concert.· Bush too was being realistic when he made his move to stage her first live concerts.· But this new version, taken from two live concerts in the Berlin Philharmonie, is special in several ways, too.· Shabba, who earns £2 million a year from his raunchy live concerts, is now at No. 23 with Mr Loverman.· Now you can't even rely on seeing a live performance at a live concert!
· Channel 4 took to their tents and sulked and even declined to accept live coverage while these rules remained in force.
· There are three bars, with live entertainment in the trendy Platform 1 bar.· This is one of the hottest destinations after work for savvy Downtowners, especially during special events when there is live entertainment.· Lobster, fish and charcoal grilled steaks are the specialities, with live entertainment on offer most evenings.· There will be live entertainment throughout the day and a wide range of Greenpeace merchandise will be on sale.
· To actually see crabs scuttling across the floor and live sponges and even real live fish was astonishing.· Spring always brings the real surprise, or rather horror, of the live fish retail industry.· Please try to avoid feeding aggressive, predatory fish such as Piranha or Lionfish with other live fish.· They feed on crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic insects, live fish and will scavenge on dead fish.· At this point I had better cover some of the regulations regarding the transport of live fish around the world.· A J Trevett and colleagues reported on two patients who developed acute respiratory obstruction from swallowing live fish.· Many fish die but cyanide remains in live fish flesh only for a short period.
· The minute Dwarf Rasbora is a gem when maintained in soft acid water conditions and fed with suitably small live foods.· These needs are admirably met by feeding Daphnia and other live foods.· At this time, or soon after, they will require a larger live food as has been suggested before.· The difficult time is immediately after metamorphosis, when they must have live food small enough to ingest.· The proportion reaching adulthood, however, does not usually warrant attempting to raise them as larger live food for fish.· These will maintain growth but at slower rates than with live food.· Both fish prefer live foods, such as worms, insect larvae and small fish.
· And she is honorary secretary of the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors, which also tackles live issues in the area.· It is very much a live issue and is progressing well.· The relationship between the two ways of being was, however, always a live issue.· That question can be left for a future occasion when it gives rise to a live issue.
· But this is not what live music is all about.· They have live music six nights a week.· There is a full entertainments programme during the high season and the hotel has a taverna with frequent live music.· Area jazz clubs and coffeehouses offer live music while visitors can catch a movie at one of two main theater complexes.· There is a games room where you can play pool or table-tennis, and live music is planned for the summer.· Nor is it a dance club, even though there is a dance floor and occasionally, live music.· There is live music on the terrace in high season.· With that gesture began a long day of live music by every Stax artist to raise money for the Watts Summer Festival.
· The percentage of the population which attends live performances of music more than very occasionally is very small.· The live performance for me right now is about being present.· Cash is a road addict whose finest moments are usually to be savoured in live performance.· His embrace of recorded music over live performances would eventually lead to a shift in the role of records on radio.· These broadcasts don't need to be records because live performances on local radio can also count.· In the Target Kids Scene, a small stage will provide live performances throughout the day.· Now you can't even rely on seeing a live performance at a live concert!· From this unique contraption, Hart will oversee the live performances.
· They were resumed on Jan. 22 after a series of compromises had been agreed, including live radio coverage of the talks.· The comments were made during a live radio debate from Polam Hall School, in Darlington.
· The band have tightened up their live set and feel they are playing their best music ever.· The Metropolis in Saltcoats, for example, recently pulled off a major coup by securing a live set from Chaka Khan.
· Musical snobbery aside, their live show is a bit special.· The live show, however, will be the Rockets all the way.· It is very difficult to marry up the sale of a record with a live show.· The 18 tracks of the new record are so dizzyingly dexterous, the live show should be nothing short of amazing.· The following year, Bark Psychosis signed to Virgin and finally began to fulfil the promise of their live shows.· Most rock acts tour in order to sell their latest album, and tailor their live show accordingly.· What do the audience get from a live show?· Both singers have splashed out £100,000 on their live shows.
· For example, some types of multimedia applications will involve online systems which combine live television information with other digital data.· This week, she gave her first live television interview since the fall.· Two or more users can conduct video phone conversations and access live television pictures or send video mail, for instance.· Of course, the in-coming signal does not have to be live television.· Endless live television coverage has made the Eleven Cities Tour into a truly national event.· There are also the regular live television relays of church services.· His funeral at Grace Cathedral was broadcast on live television.
· Radio stations are planning live transmissions from midnight from the tiny graveyard where her body lies buried.· Every month there is a live transmission of a church service.
· Estes' forehead brushed the live wire.· This college has come to life and advanced considerably under the direction of its very live wire Rector Mr Jocelyn Stevens.· Trading standards officers say the hot brush styler, made in the Far East has faulty insulation which has exposed live wires.· Yet a kind of current emanated from her, she was like a live wire.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land► the cost of living► scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody► beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody► the elephant in the (living) room► excuse me (for living)!► live off the fat of the land► be living in a fool’s paradise► I/we live in hope► in the land of the living► live as man and wife► be/live in the moment► think that the world owes you a living► pardon me for breathing/living► be/live in each other’s pockets► think the world owes you a living
- The central position was taken by the headmaster himself, and the live coals sent vivid warmth to his posterior.
- If you think he'll change, you're living in a dream world.
- By the time this Clinton-Dole thing is over, you and I could be living on Easy Street.
- Cliff's family worked in the cotton fields to eke out a meager living.
- Again, the choice was between following the work to the factory towns or eking out an existence by labouring.
- Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living.
- I was tired of eking out an existence near poverty level on my meager assistantship.
- Most of them eke out a living as subsistence farmers.
- Most people still live in the hinterlands of the inhabited islands eking out a living, but poverty abounds.
- She continued to eke out a living based on the fading memories of her famous plunge.
- The elderly eke out a living on pensions averaging from $ 50 to $ 75 monthly.
- The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
- To be in the ranks of the Foodie Fascists is, quite frankly, the living end.
- High-ranking public officials should take the bus so they can see how the other half lives.
- Ye never knew how the other half lives!
- As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.
- But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.
- But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.
- He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.
- He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.
- His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.
- It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.
- All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her.
- And just lagging it slightly was the image of the posed dancer.
- But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.
- It was the image of returning once again to her empty maisonette in Ealing.
- My favorite is the image of an aproned cook in the rear of the open kitchen.
- Pressing upon the rest of us is the image of all those dormant scars in the crust potentially surging to life.
- This is the image of a successful couple.
- Throughout the show's history, for instance, Cleese was the very image of pompous, impatient rectitude.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- She had a live-in boyfriend to whom she devoted most of her time and energy.
- She met her live-in boyfriend on-line.
- She took no new live-in lover, and as far as she was aware, neither did Charles.
- Two divorces, a long string of live-in boyfriends.
- Long live the King!
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- As a replacement for the Bluebird, the Primera is on another planet.
- People in the Antelope Valley worry that most people south of the mountains think that their valley is on another planet.
- We were, after all, living in sin, and she was a devoted Catholic.
- Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage?
- Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
- They had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage.
WORD FAMILYverbliveoutliverelivelivenupadjectivelivelivelylivingliveablenounlivelinesslivinglivelihoodadverblive
1living [only before noun] not dead or artificial SYN living OPP dead: experiments on live animals Protesters want to stop the export of live sheep and cattle. the number of live births per 1,000 population We were so excited to see real live elephants.2tv/radio a live television or radio programme is seen or heard on television or radio at the same time as it is actually happening OPP prerecorded: a live radio phone-in show There will be live TV coverage of tonight’s big match.3music/theatre a live performance is one in which the entertainer performs for people who are watching, rather than for a film, record etc: A lot of the bars have live music. The band will be giving a live concert performance next week. We’ll be playing you a track from his new live album (=album that was recorded from a live performance). It’s always different when you perform in front of a live audience (=an audience watching a live performance).4electricity a wire or piece of equipment that is live has electricity flowing through it: Be careful – those wires are live.5bombs a live bomb still has the power to explode because it has not been used: They came across a field of live, unexploded mines.6bullets live bullets are real ones that are made of metal and can kill people OPP blank: Troops fired live ammunition to disperse the crowd.7issue a live subject or problem is one that still interests or worries people: Drink-driving is still very much a live issue.8live coals pieces of coal that are burning: She threw the paper onto the live coals.9yoghurt live yoghurt contains bacteria that are still alivelive1 verblive2 adjectivelive3 adverb
livelive3 /laɪv/ ●●○ adverb EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- All Saints topped the chart with Pure Shores, closely followed by two artists who played live in Ireland last year.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. The match will be shown live by the BBC. I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live. The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight. Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives She lives alone. a family living on the breadline The interview was broadcast live across Europe. She earns enough money to live comfortably. I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks). He’s 42 and still living in digs. Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy. Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life). These past few days have been a living hell. I’m just trying to earn an honest living. She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look. She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC. A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. The match will be shown live by the BBC. I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live. The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight. Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York. I’ve never lived abroad before. decisions which affect our lives· One in three children here die before they reach the age of 5.· The number of people living to to the age of 80 has doubled in the last fifty years.
She lives alone.· He lived in a small apartment on the third floor.
· Troy's first live appearance was at last year's Montreux Jazz Festival.
(=the main room in a house, where people relax)· The main living area was on the second floor.
(=playing live music, not recorded music)· There’s a live band at the club on Saturday nights.
a family living on the breadline (=shown or heard as it is happening)· a live television broadcast from Beijing
The interview was broadcast live across Europe.· The bedroom carpet was cream.
· Every living cell has a nucleus.
She earns enough money to live comfortably. (=given at the time the event is happening)· He got into trouble for a remark he made during a live commentary of a football match.
(=that you watch as the performers play, rather than as a recording)· a live concert in front of 500 fans
· Living conditions in the camp were dreadful.
(=the amount you need to pay for food, clothes etc)· People are complaining about the rising cost of living.
(=broadcast at the same time as something is happening)· There will be live coverage of the concert.
· The early Greeks believed that plants were living creatures that felt pain and pleasure.
· If you drink a lot of alcohol it can cause liver damage.
I am used to living dangerously (=doing things that involve risks).· The people lived mainly on a diet of fish.
He’s 42 and still living in digs.· He is being treated for kidney disease.
· She suffers from a rare brain disorder.
· There is a shortage of kidney donors.
· The technique keeps the donor heart beating while it is transported.
Marje had no idea that her husband was leading a double life with another woman. She lives in dread of (=is continuously very afraid of) the disease returning. (also earn your living) (=earn the money you need to live)· She started to earn a living by selling her jewellery on a market stall.
(=performed while people watch, not recorded and watched later)· There are three bars, all with live entertainment.
· The Guatemalan writer has lived in exile in Mexico for over 40 years.
· The women lead a miserable existence.
(=be as good as someone hoped or expected)· The match was boring, and didn't live up to our expectations at all.
(=money that you spend on rent, food, and things such as electricity, gas etc)· She receives £80 a week, from which she must pay for all her living expenses.
He lived in a fantasy world of his own, even as a small boy.· She lives on a farm in Wiltshire.
(=be always afraid of something)· They were constantly in fear of an enemy attack.
· Terry lived in a flat on the second floor.
Ed believes in living life to the full. a magazine about gracious living So she married the prince, and they lived happily ever after (=used at the end of children’s stories to say that someone was happy for the rest of their life).· The two friends continued to live in harmony.
These past few days have been a living hell. (=live with your parents)· More people in their twenties are still living at home because housing is so expensive.
I’m just trying to earn an honest living.· They live in a really big house in Hampstead.
(=be as good as you think something should be)· The regime is not living up to its supposed democratic ideals.
(=be like the image you have presented of yourself)· He has certainly lived up to his wild rock-star image.
She wasn’t used to living in the lap of luxury. (=result in deaths/in someone’s death)· That decision may have cost him his life.
· I had enough money to live a lavish lifestyle.
The most fashionable jeans this winter have a lived-in look.· While some people live in luxury, most are struggling to find enough money to live on.
She hopes to make a living (=earn the money she needs to live) from writing children’s books. (=shown on TV as it happens)· There is a live match on TV every Wednesday evening.
(=played by musicians on stage)· Most of the bars have live music.
(=something extremely bad that happens in your life)· Being told I had cancer was a waking nightmare.
I have no job and nowhere to live. All living organisms have to adapt to changes in environmental conditions. (=think only about the past)· You’ve got to stop living in the past.
· I hope we can learn to live in peace.
(=one performed for people who are watching)· This is the band’s first live performance since last year.
· Half the world is living in poverty.
(=someone whose existence or experience proves something)· She is living proof that stress need not necessarily be ageing.
The top floor provided living quarters for the kitchen staff. She had never seen a real live elephant before. We try to help them rebuild their lives (=live normally again after something bad has happened). (=regret it in the future)· If you don’t go, you may live to regret it.
· As far as she knew, she had no living relatives.
(=be as good as people say it is)· New York certainly lived up to its reputation as an exciting city.
Eat less and exercise more if you want to live to a ripe old age. (=scare someone very much) The alarm scared the hell out of me.
The alarm scared the hell out of me. I never thought I’d live to see the day when women became priests. (=broadcast on TV or radio as it is happening)· Tonight’s show is live from Wembley Stadium.
(=be receiving money from the government)
(=no one) I promise I won’t tell a soul.
I promise I won’t tell a soul. (=used about animals)· Many rainforest species cannot live anywhere else.
(also standard of living) (=the level of comfort and the amount of money people have)· Living standards at all income levels improved over that period.
a nation with a high standard of living The game was televised live on ABC.· The accident was shown on live television.
· Everyone lived in terror of the religious police.
A lot of people live together before getting married. a live transmission of the tennis championship The US Open will be transmitted live via satellite. Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.· When these pictures were broadcast live across international television screens, it was obvious that the issue was misogyny, not theology.· With technology what it is, the promise was there for more live broadcast coverage than in the history of the Olympics.· The session started early and finished late, and was broadcast live on all cable news channels.
· The new site was due to go live at the end of June and promised new personalisation features.· Undeterred, Gandhi declared he would go live in a hut in the untouchable quarter.· The new system went live earlier this year.· Before you rush to subscribe, however, it's only the phone arm of the service that has gone live.· We're going live now to our reporter there, Gargy Patel.· The service, CallNet0800, goes live on 1 November.
· I saw Sade perform live for charity at the weekend.· As well as her own projects, she has in recent years performed live and on record with her husband Wallace Roney.
· All Saints topped the chart with Pure Shores, closely followed by two artists who played live in Ireland last year.· But when it comes time to play live the old equipment is ridiculous.
· All but a few of the tracks were recorded live, many at the legendary Roxy.· This quartet session, recorded live at Birdland, has an often tumultuous intensity.
· Some one phoned up a pre-watershed live show and started telling a joke about putting suppositories up your bum.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be/live in cloud-cuckoo-land► the cost of living► scare/frighten the (living) daylights out of somebody► beat/knock the (living) daylights out of somebody► the elephant in the (living) room► excuse me (for living)!► live off the fat of the land► be living in a fool’s paradise► I/we live in hope► in the land of the living► live as man and wife► be/live in the moment► think that the world owes you a living► pardon me for breathing/living► be/live in each other’s pockets► think the world owes you a living
- Before you rush to subscribe, however, it's only the phone arm of the service that has gone live.
- Care management goes live in April 1993 but is still poorly rehearsed and its performance may yet disappoint.
- On 12 January the Midland electrification between Luton and Bedford went live in preparation for driver-only training. 1982.
- The new site was due to go live at the end of June and promised new personalisation features.
- The new system went live earlier this year.
- The service, CallNet0800, goes live on 1 November.
- Undeterred, Gandhi declared he would go live in a hut in the untouchable quarter.
- We went live on air by telephone for about ten minutes, at about 8.25 am.
- If you think he'll change, you're living in a dream world.
- By the time this Clinton-Dole thing is over, you and I could be living on Easy Street.
- Cliff's family worked in the cotton fields to eke out a meager living.
- Again, the choice was between following the work to the factory towns or eking out an existence by labouring.
- Finally came the bookshop where dear Mr Sneddles tried to eke out a living.
- I was tired of eking out an existence near poverty level on my meager assistantship.
- Most of them eke out a living as subsistence farmers.
- Most people still live in the hinterlands of the inhabited islands eking out a living, but poverty abounds.
- She continued to eke out a living based on the fading memories of her famous plunge.
- The elderly eke out a living on pensions averaging from $ 50 to $ 75 monthly.
- The river banks were frequently lined with curious onlookers who struggle to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.
- To be in the ranks of the Foodie Fascists is, quite frankly, the living end.
- High-ranking public officials should take the bus so they can see how the other half lives.
- Ye never knew how the other half lives!
- As in Shakespeare, there are scenes of high life and scenes of low life.
- But other authorities also face recruiting difficulties, which suggests that the problem extends beyond high living costs and poor pay.
- But this is one weekend, he thought, when there will be high living and no thinking.
- He told the villa's owner Count Robert de Beaumont how much he loved the sun-soaked Costa high life.
- He was a lively and stylish writer, and contributed a column to the Jerusalem Post on high life and low living.
- His dream had finally run out in an Arabian nightmare of high living and questionable favours.
- It looked like the high life, but it was life on borrowed time.
- All she had was the image of a woman lying on the ground and people desperate to help her.
- And just lagging it slightly was the image of the posed dancer.
- But we both agreed the little mite was the spitting image of the man.
- It was the image of returning once again to her empty maisonette in Ealing.
- My favorite is the image of an aproned cook in the rear of the open kitchen.
- Pressing upon the rest of us is the image of all those dormant scars in the crust potentially surging to life.
- This is the image of a successful couple.
- Throughout the show's history, for instance, Cleese was the very image of pompous, impatient rectitude.
- I hear that all the older boys are driving big expensive cars and living the life of Riley.
- She had a live-in boyfriend to whom she devoted most of her time and energy.
- She met her live-in boyfriend on-line.
- She took no new live-in lover, and as far as she was aware, neither did Charles.
- Two divorces, a long string of live-in boyfriends.
- Long live the King!
- The Michael Steins of this world have nine lives.
- As a replacement for the Bluebird, the Primera is on another planet.
- People in the Antelope Valley worry that most people south of the mountains think that their valley is on another planet.
- We were, after all, living in sin, and she was a devoted Catholic.
- Do they feel women should remain in marriages because their jobs do not pay a living wage?
- Does the example implicitly condone overtime working as a means by which a living wage is earned?
- They had no solution to the possibility that even they might sometimes fail to find permanent employment at a living wage.
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1if something is broadcast live, it is broadcast on television or radio as it is actually happening: The ceremony will be broadcast live on television. The match will be shown live by the BBC.2if people perform live, they perform in front of people who have come to watch, rather than for a film, record etc: I love their music, but I’ve never seen them perform live. The band is playing live in Birmingham tonight. Their latest CD was recorded live (=recorded at a live performance) in New York.3go live when a system or project goes live, people start to use it after it has been planned and discussed for a long time: Their new information retrieval system went live last month. a new security project which will go live in October