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life <lives> [laɪf] N

life buoy N

life expectancy <-ies> N

life insurance N no pl

life jacket N

life peer N Brit

life preserver N Am

life preserver
salva-vidas m inv

life sentence N

life-size ADJ, life-sized ADJ

love life N inf

love life
vida f amorosa

night life N no pl

night life
vida f noturna

sex life N no pl

sex life
vida f sexual

Usage examples with life

married life
vida conjugal
comfortable life
vida f livre de problemas
life expectancy
expectativa f de vida
all through my life
toda minha vida
to come to life
nascer
the facts of life euph
noções básicas sobre sexualidade e reprodução
in a former life
numa vida passada
to get a life fig
tomar jeito na vida
to wreck sb's life
arruinar a vida de alguém
sb's way of life
modo de vida de alguém
such is life
assim é a vida
kiss of life
respiração f boca-a-boca
mode of life
estilo de vida
sb's life history
a história de vida de alguém
to take one's own life
suicidar-se
life is passing you by
você não está aproveitando a vida
to lead a dog's life
levar uma vida de cão
to lead a double life
levar vida dupla
to withdraw from public life
retirar-se da vida pública
to live a happy life
levar uma vida feliz

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Nearly every street was lined with trees, and each hill that was too sheer to build on was topped by a toupee of plant life.
arstechnica.com
Even the bitterest churl can not fail to be moved by the joyful sight of two people declaring their love and embarking on a life together.
www.independent.co.uk
Eternity and eternal life, however, are not to be reduced to any such temporal duration.
en.wikipedia.org
It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.
en.wikipedia.org
It has no indigenous intelligent life, but its vast jungles teem with abundant natural resources.
en.wikipedia.org
They led a wild, vagabond-like life spiced by absinthe and hashish.
en.wikipedia.org
While high metallicity is beneficial for the creation of terrestrial extrasolar planets, an excess amount can be harmful for life.
en.wikipedia.org
The theme of this drama is purportedly inspired by the life of the emperor himself.
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
So, her knowledge in mysticism, combined with an intense desire for life may have led to her revival.
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