noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
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wisdom gained in the course of a long ~
▪ short
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A ~ is too short for all the great books there are!
▪ entire , whole
VERB + LIFETIME
▪ devote , spend
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He devoted a ~ to working with disabled children.
▪ take (sb)
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It took a whole ~ to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
▪ last (sb)
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This watch should last you a ~.
▪ seem , seem like
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It seems a ~ since we first met.
▪ live
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You can live a whole ~ and not witness such an event.
LIFETIME + NOUN
▪ achievement
▪
The veteran director won a ~ achievement award.
▪ appointment ( AmE ), employment
▪ membership ( AmE )
▪ earnings , income
▪
Payments are based on expected ~ income.
▪ guarantee , warranty
▪ ban
▪ commitment
PREPOSITION
▪ after a ~
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After a ~ as a journalist in the trouble spots of the world, he retired to the country.
▪ during sb's ~
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I've seen many changes during my ~.
▪ in your ~
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The artist was little known in his ~.
▪ of a ~
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She gave the performance of a ~.
▪ ~ in
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She spent a ~ in politics.
▪ ~ of
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a ~ of problems
PHRASES
▪ the habits of a ~
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It's hard to break the habits of a ~.
▪ a legend in your own ~
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Callas was a legend in her own ~.
▪ half a ~
▪ a ~ ago , a ~ away
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College seems a half a ~ away.
▪ a lifetime's experience , a lifetime's work
▪ a lifetime's worth of sth
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The images are part of a lifetime's worth of photographs from Cohen's long career.
▪ once in a ~
▪
That sort of thing happens only once in a ~.