noun
1 living things
ADJECTIVE
▪ intelligent
▪
Is there intelligent ~ on other planets?
▪ animal , bird , human , insect , plant
▪ aquatic , marine
▪ extraterrestrial
LIFE + NOUN
▪ form
▪ cycle
▪ sciences
2 existence
ADJECTIVE
▪ eternal , everlasting
▪ past , previous
VERB + LIFE
▪ lose
▪
He lost his ~ in an air crash.
▪ bring sb back to , restore sb to
▪ cling to , fight for
▪
She clung to ~ for several weeks.
▪ jeopardize , risk
▪
She risked her ~ for the sake of the children.
▪ endanger , threaten
▪ protect , save
▪
a drug that will save lives
▪ spare
▪
She begged the soldiers to spare her son's ~.
▪ give , lay down , sacrifice
▪ claim , cost
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The crash claimed 43 lives.
▪
His foolishness almost cost him his ~.
▪ end , take
▪
She took her own ~.
▪ value
▪ start ( figurative )
▪
The hotel started ~ as a prison.
LIFE + VERB
▪ be lost
▪
No lives were lost in the accident.
LIFE + NOUN
▪ assurance ( BrE ), insurance
▪ jacket , preserver ( AmE ), vest ( AmE )
▪ boat , raft
▪ saver
▪ support
▪
She's critically ill, on ~ support.
▪
a life-support machine
▪
a life-support system
PHRASES
▪ an attempt on sb's ~
▪
There have been three attempts on the president's ~.
▪ in fear for your ~ , in fear of your ~
▪
Witnesses are living in fear for their ~ after giving evidence against the gang.
▪ ~ after death
▪
Do you believe in ~ after death?
▪ loss of ~
▪
The plane crashed with heavy loss of ~.
▪ a matter of ~ and death
▪
These talks are a matter of ~ and death for the factory. ( figurative )
▪ owe sb your ~
▪
I owe my ~ to the the doctors at the hospital.
▪ the right to ~
▪ signs of ~
▪
The driver showed no signs of ~.
3 period between birth and death
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪ entire , whole
▪ early
▪ adult
▪ later
▪
In later ~ he took up writing.
▪ past , previous
▪
He never discussed the unhappiness of his past ~.
▪
I think I may have been an animal in a previous ~.
▪ future , next
▪ working
▪
He was a miner all his working ~.
VERB + LIFE
▪ go through , live , spend
▪
She went through ~ always wanting what she couldn't get.
▪
He spent his whole ~ in Rhode Island.
▪ end
▪
He ended his ~ a happy man.
▪ shorten
▪ prolong
▪ dedicate , devote
▪
He devoted his ~ to the education of deaf children.
LIFE + NOUN
▪ history , story
▪ membership
▪ imprisonment , sentence
▪ expectancy , span (usually lifespan )
▪
Japanese people have a very high ~ expectancy.
▪
the lifespan of a mouse
▪ mate ( AmE ), partner
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~
▪
She thought marriage should be for ~.
▪ in your ~
▪
for the first time in her ~
▪ throughout your ~
▪
Throughout her ~ she was dogged by loneliness.
PHRASES
▪ all your ~
▪
I've known her all my ~.
▪ at sb's time of ~
▪
At his time of ~ he should be starting to take things easy.
▪ the end of your ~
▪
Her paintings became more obscure towards/toward the end of her ~.
▪ late in ~
▪
She discovered jazz quite late in ~.
▪ the … of your ~
▪
I had the fright of my ~ when I saw the snake in my bed.
▪
He met the love of his ~ at college.
▪ a phase in (sb's) ~ , a phase of (sb's) ~ , a stage in (sb's) ~ , a stage of (sb's) ~
▪
She sensed she was entering a new phase in her ~.
▪ the prime of ~
▪
You're still in the prime of ~.
▪ the remainder of your ~ , the rest of your ~
▪
He'll be haunted by the crash for the rest of his ~.
4 activity in the world
ADJECTIVE
▪ daily , day-to-day , everyday , ordinary
▪ real
▪
a real-life drama
▪ modern
▪ personal , private
▪
She did not tolerate press intrusion into her private ~.
▪ inner
▪
Only his wife had access to his inner ~.
▪ family , married
▪ domestic , home
▪ social
▪ love , sex
▪ public
▪
His fame was so sudden that he was unprepared for public ~.
▪ academic , business , cultural , economic , intellectual , political , professional , school , spiritual
▪ civic
▪ night (usually nightlife )
▪
What's the nightlife like in the town?
▪ city , village , etc.
▪ rural , urban
VERB + LIFE
▪ build , rebuild
▪
He built his whole ~ around his children.
▪
She is still rebuilding her ~ after the accident.
LIFE + VERB
▪ be complicated , be unfair
▪ be precious , be sacred
PHRASES
▪ an attitude to ~ , an outlook on ~ , a philosophy of ~ , a view of ~
▪
I've always had a fairly optimistic outlook on ~.
▪ a love of ~
▪
He always had a great love of ~.
▪ a man in your ~ , a woman in your ~
▪
There has only been one woman in her ~.
▪ see sth of ~
▪
I wanted to see something of ~ before I settled down.
▪ the … side of ~
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His time in London was his first glimpse of the seamier side of ~.
▪ want sth from of ~ , want sth out of ~
▪
They both seem to want the same things out of ~.
5 way of living
ADJECTIVE
▪ fulfilling , good , great , happy , perfect , wonderful
▪ lonely , miserable , sad , unhappy
▪ boring
▪ difficult , hard
▪ easy
▪ charmed
▪ active , busy , hectic
▪ exciting
▪ full
▪ peaceful , quiet
▪ simple
▪ normal , ordinary
▪ healthy
▪ sheltered
▪ double
▪
He had been leading a double ~, married to two women.
▪ secret
VERB + LIFE
▪ have , lead , live
▪
She leads a busy social ~.
▪ enjoy
▪ change
▪
Learning meditation changed her ~.
▪ dominate , take over
▪
He never let his work dominate his ~.
▪ ruin
▪
He ruined his ~ through drinking.
▪ enrich
PHRASES
▪ build a new ~ , make a new ~ , start a new ~
▪
They went to Australia to start a new ~.
▪ enjoy ~ to the full , live ~ to the full
▪
He always believed in living ~ to the full.
▪ the high ~
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They were enjoying the high ~ in the smartest hotels of New York.
▪ live a ~ of …
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They're living a ~ of luxury in the Bahamas.
▪ a/the pace of ~
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The pace of ~ is much gentler on the island.
▪ the quality of ~
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He gave up his high-flying job and now enjoys a better quality of ~.
▪ a way of ~
▪
She loved the Spanish way of ~ and immediately felt at home there.
6 liveliness
VERB + LIFE
▪ come to
▪
The city only comes to ~ at night.
▪ breathe , bring sth to , inject
▪
They need some new, younger staff to breathe some ~ into the company.
▪ burst with , hum with , teem with
▪
a child bursting with ~
PHRASES
▪ breathe new ~ into sb/sth
▪
He hopes the development will breathe new ~ into the community.
▪ full of ~
▪
It's nice to see an old man still so full of ~.