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life <lives> [laɪf, laɪvz] N

2. life no pl (quality, force):

life
življenje n
I love life
ljubim življenje

3. life no pl (living things collectively):

plant life
rastlinstvo

4. life no pl (mode or aspect of existence):

life
življenje n
family life
družinsko življenje
love life
ljubezensko življenje

6. life (total circumstances of individual):

life
življenje n
she only wants two things in life
pomembni sta ji samo dve stvari v življenju
who's the man in your life now?
kdo je zdaj tvoj [novi] moški?
to want sth out of life
želeti imeti kaj od življenja

7. life (biography):

life
biografija f

8. life (time until death):

life
življenje n
for life friendship
dosmrten
a job for life
zaposlitev za vse življenje

10. life (duration):

life of device, battery
življenjska doba f
life of contract
veljavnost f

11. life no pl inf (prison sentence):

to be doing/get life
prestajati/dobiti dosmrtno kazen

ˈlife-size(d) ADJ

ˈhigh life N

ˈlife an·nu·ity N

ˈlife as·sur·ance N no pl Brit

ˈlife cy·cle N

ˈlife draw·ing N

ˈlife ex·pec·tan·cy N

ˈlife form N

life im·ˈpris·on·ment N no pl

ˈlife in·sur·ance N no pl

ˈlife jack·et N

life ˈpeer N Brit

ˈlife pre·serv·er N

1. life preserver Brit (stick):

life preserver
gumijevka f

2. life preserver Am:

life preserver (life jacket)
rešilni jopič m
life preserver (lifebuoy, lifebelt)
rešilni pas m

ˈlife raft N

ˈlife sen·tence N

ˈlife-threat·en·ing ADJ

ˈlong-life ADJ (specially treated, made)

ˈsex life N

ˈshelf life N no pl

Usage examples with life

that's life!
takšno je življenje!
bird life
ptice
bohemian life
boemsko življenje
life buoy
rešilni pas
everyday life
vsakdanje življenje
life expectancy
[povprečna] življenjska doba
life sentence
dosmrtni zapor
life form
življenjska oblika
offstage life
zasebno življenje
double life
dvojno življenje
inner life
notranje življenje
life span
življenjska doba
plant life
rastlinstvo
family life
družinsko življenje
love life
ljubezensko življenje
country life
življenje na deželi
larger than life car, house
pretiran
to assure one's life
skleniti življenjsko zavarovanje

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
That means that every human being is capable, if so desiring, to change one's own life and character and earns one's own bliss.
en.wikipedia.org
Many merchants were hit hard by crippling financial losses and had to leave in search for a better way of life.
en.wikipedia.org
It has no indigenous intelligent life, but its vast jungles teem with abundant natural resources.
en.wikipedia.org
It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.
en.wikipedia.org
She liked her cats to look like real cats painted from life (albeit always properly dressed ones), not inky sketches.
www.spectator.co.uk
Social life revolves largely around an extended family of parents, children and blood relations, as well as godparents.
en.wikipedia.org
They led a wild, vagabond-like life spiced by absinthe and hashish.
en.wikipedia.org
So, her knowledge in mysticism, combined with an intense desire for life may have led to her revival.
en.wikipedia.org
Cf, which is available in relatively large quantities due to its long half-life (2.65 years).
en.wikipedia.org
She was a molecular biologist and a biophysicist, but her life was more unique than just her staggering achievements in the field of science.
tech.firstpost.com

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