high life in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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life <pl lives> [Brit lʌɪf, Am laɪf] N

1. life (as opposed to death):

life
vie f
life and death
la vie et la mort
a matter of life and death
une question de vie ou de mort
to cling to life
s'accrocher à la vie
to have a love of life
aimer la vie
to bring sb back to life (gen)
rendre la vie à qn
to bring sb back to life MED
ranimer qn
to save sb's life
sauver la vie de qn
to put one's life at risk
risquer sa vie
to lay down or give one's life for sb
sacrifier sa vie pour qn
to lose/risk one's life doing
perdre/risquer sa vie à faire
to take one's own life
se donner la mort
to take sb's life form
donner la mort à qn
to run/swim for one's life
courir/nager aussi vite que possible
run for your life!
sauve qui peut!

2. life (period from birth to death):

life
vie f
short/long life
courte/longue vie
throughout one's life
pendant toute sa vie
his waking life
sa vie éveillée
in this life and the next
dans cette vie et dans l'autre
the first time in my life
la première fois de ma vie
a day/year in the life of
une journée/année de la vie de
romance/race of one's life
amour/course de sa vie
I got the fright of my life!
j'ai eu la frayeur de ma vie!
a job for life
un emploi à vie
a friend for life
un ami pour la vie
in later life
plus tard dans sa vie
to mark sb for life
marquer qn pour la vie
to go through or spend one's life doing
passer sa vie à faire
to make life worth living
donner un sens à la vie
to be all for an easy life
aimer la vie facile
early in life
très tôt
in adult life
à l'âge adulte
in the prime of life
dans la fleur de l'âge
at my time of life
à mon âge
have you lived here all your life?
est-ce que tu as toujours habité ici?
for the rest of one's life
pour le restant de ses jours
in her early life
quand elle était jeune
to depart this life liter
quitter ce monde
the life and times of X
la vie et l'époque de X
to write a life of sb
écrire une biographie de qn
to write a life of sb attr member, president, peer, peerage, membership
à vie
to write a life of sb ban
définitif/-ive
to write a life of sb annuity
viager/-ère

3. life (animation, vigour):

life
vie f
life
vitalité f
full of life
plein de vie or vitalité
there was no life in her voice
il n'y avait aucune vitalité dans sa voix
there's not much life in the town in winter
cette ville n'est pas très vivante l'hiver
to come to life person:
reprendre conscience
to come to life fig
sortir de sa réserve
to come to life fictional character:
prendre vie
to come to life party:
s'animer
to bring a subject to life
traiter un sujet de manière très vivante
to bring history/a character to life
donner de la vie à l'histoire/un personnage
to roar/splutter into life
se mettre en marche en vrombissant/en toussant
put a bit of life into it inf
mettez-y un peu de tonus inf
this drink will put new life into you
cette boisson te redonnera des forces

4. life (social activity, lifestyle):

life
vie f
to lead a busy/sheltered life
mener une vie occupée/protégée
to change one's life
transformer sa vie
private/family or home life
vie privée/de famille
working/social life
vie professionnelle/personnelle
his way of life
son mode de vie
a way of life
un style de vie
a life of luxury/crime
une vie de luxe/de criminel
to live the good or high life
mener la grande vie
the outdoor life
la vie au grand air
it's no life for a child
ce n'est pas une vie pour un enfant
to have a life of one's own
avoir sa propre vie
to make a new life for oneself
se forger une nouvelle vie
to get on with one's life
continuer sa vie
what a life!
quelle vie!
in public life
dans les affaires publiques

11. life ART:

from life draw, paint
d'après nature
anything for a quiet life
tout ce que tu voudras mais laisse-moi tranquille
for dear life
de toutes mes/ses etc forces
not for the life of me
absolument pas
he couldn't for the life of him see why
il n'arrivait absolument pas à comprendre pourquoi
get a life inf!
lâche-moi les baskets! inf
not on your life!
jamais de la vie!
this is the life!
c'est la belle vie!, voilà la vie qu'il me/nous etc faut!
to frighten the life out of sb
faire mourir qn de peur
to have the time of one's life
s'amuser comme un fou/une folle
you get out of life what you put into it
comme on fait son lit on se couche prov
to take one's life in one's hands
risquer sa vie

I.high [Brit hʌɪ, Am haɪ] N

4. high Am inf SCHOOL → high school

II.high [Brit hʌɪ, Am haɪ] ADJ

4. high (great, intense):

high degree, intensity, risk
élevé
high fever, heat
fort
high attr anxiety, tension, excitement
extrême
high hope, expectation
grand
cook on a high heat
faire cuire à feu vif
turn the grill to high
mettre le gril sur la position maximum
to have a high colour
avoir le teint rougeaud
that is high praise!
c'est très flatteur!
a moment of high drama
un moment de grande émotion
the high seriousness of sth
le grand sérieux de qc
the building is high Victorian/Gothic
le bâtiment est de la grande époque victorienne/du Gothique
in high summer
au cœur de l'été
feelings are running high
les esprits s'échauffent

III.high [Brit hʌɪ, Am haɪ] ADV

See also high school

high life in the PONS Dictionary

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Phrases:

a high drama
un grand drame
the high summer
le cœur de l'été
to be in high spirits
être de bonne humeur
with one's head held high
(avec) la tête haute
to leave sb high and dry
planter qn là inf
to stink to high heaven (stink)
sentir la mort
to stink to high heaven (be very suspicious)
sentir le soufre
come hell or high water
qu'il vente ou qu'il pleuve
high days and holidays
grandes occasions fpl
sb's stock is high
la popularité de qn est en hausse
to be high time to +infin
être grand temps de +infin
to have a high old time inf
passer du bon temps
to be for the high jump Brit
aller se faire engueuler
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Cotton loved the high life, including champagne, caviar and bespoke tailored clothes.
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With this windfall he buys a small tea-shop in a more upper-class section of their town, and generally lives the high life.
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A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight.
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The proceeds enabled him to live the high life.
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The action and the high life are familiar enough, but the skill with which each is drawn and integrated is beguiling.
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Her ultimate goal is to attain for themselves the ultimate high life of a big house, big car and the works.
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The song's lyrics focus mainly on a handsome, charismatic young man leading the high life while dealing in illicit drugs.
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You've probably heard the stories of huge butter mountains and wine lakes, and moneybags landowners living the high life thanks to subsidies from unwitting urbanites.
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He liked the high life but, at the same time, was so introspective.
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It has high life expectancy, access to health care and education.
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