adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be burned alive
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The animals were burned alive when a farm building caught fire.
buried alive
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Fifty-seven miners were buried alive .
escape alive
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The crew of the sinking vessel were lucky to escape alive.
more dead than alive (= very badly hurt or ill and almost dead )
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He was swept up onto a beach after three days at sea, more dead than alive.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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Made from natural materials, they can be much more alive .
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Gone is the old way of machines; come is the reborn nature of machines, a nature more alive than dead.
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She felt physically fitter and more alive than she could ever remember.
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It also can make the sound of music even more alive .
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She felt more alive than she had for a long time.
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His ears ringing, the blood pounding in his veins, Floyd felt more alive than he had for years.
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At night my fields are more alive with poachers than rabbits.
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The grass was greener, the sun was shining brighter, and people were more alive , I could see them clearer.
much
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But since the controversy is still very much alive , it seems advisable to take a new look at this issue.
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But he was very much alive .
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The issues of anti-popes and schisms were still very much alive in the late twelfth century.
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He is still very much alive in the past, so it is very silly for people to cry at his funeral.
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Nothing serious and very much alive .
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In fact, the woman remained very much alive .
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He is very much alive and kicking, strongly represented in the intertestamental literature, the New Testament and human experience.
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The ideology of egalitarianism is still very much alive .
still
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Some of them just want to go back to places they liked while they were still alive .
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For many years she lay in the coffin, but strangely remained as lovely as if she were still alive .
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If the man were still alive , would he have played one himself?
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Nine of the 16 still alive now are chronically infected but not necessarily sick.
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And it's a myth that foxes are torn to pieces while still alive .
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Although Neel died last February, many of his associates, including authors of classic anthropology texts, are still alive .
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When he said no, I knew I was still alive .
■ NOUN
today
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Nearly forty percent of people alive today live under governments which consider themselves Marxist.
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Of course, there have been many who have speculated how Martin Luther King would think were he alive today .
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If Darwin were alive today , he would surely place mankind as the prime mover in global evolution.
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She is alive today because nearly 50 years ago the fates were kind to her, three sisters and a brother.
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He would be 88 if he were alive today .
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More than 10 million of our family members, friends, neighbors and co-workers are alive today because of cancer research.
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Certainly they are difficult to accommodate comfortably in groups alive today .
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Were he alive today , Tchaikovsky would be a candidate for psychiatric counseling and drug therapy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eat sb alive/eat sb for breakfast
skin sb alive
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Richard would skin me alive if he ever found out.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Are all your grandparents still alive ?
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Blues clubs like these help keep the music alive .
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Not knowing whether he's dead or alive is a terrible feeling.
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Paramedics fought for an hour by the roadside to keep him alive .
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She was the last person to see him alive .
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The children were found alive and well after being missing for several days.
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The police found them lying on the kitchen floor. Mr Wilkins was dead and his wife was barely alive .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I did not notice it while she was alive .
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She died in 1952 and I am now the only one of the family left alive .
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The coward choked out that you were still alive and hadn't been harmed, but it didn't save his neck.
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The Glens have the cup pedigree and their cup run has kept a disappointing season alive .
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The penalty kept the drive alive .
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The quest to make the songs come alive helps reignite the players' chemistry after the long layoff.
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While you're here don't say it, and we might all stand a chance of getting out of here alive .