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Life Hayat Uncountable Yaşam Alive I Noun Countable

Level A1 
Kind noun
Front life 
IPA  /laɪf   / noun (plural lives /laɪvz   /)
Back hayat, yaşam
hayat, canlı, canlılık
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life (noun)

 /laɪf   / noun (plural lives /laɪvz   /)
 
BEING ALIVE
1 [uncountable]
the quality that people, animals or plants have when they are not dead
hayat, yaşam
 Do you believe in life after death?
 to bring somebody/come back to life
 2 [countable, uncountable]
the state of being alive as a human being
can
 Would you risk your life to protect your property?
 Doctors fought all night to save her life.
 Three lives were lost in the fire.
 The hostages were rescued without loss of life.
LIVING THINGS
3 [uncountable]
living things
hayat, canlı;
canlılık
 Life on earth began in a very simple form.
 No life was found on the moon.
 There was no sign of life in the deserted house.
 plant life
PERIOD OF TIME
4 [countable, uncountable]
the period during which sb/sth is alive or exists
hayat, ömür
 I've lived in this town all my life.
 I spent my early life in London.
 to have a short/long/exciting life
 She was sent to prison for life (ömür boyu).
 She was sentenced to life in prison.
 life membership of a club
EXPERIENCE/ACTIVITIES
5 [uncountable]
the things that you may experience while you are alive
hayat
 Life can be hard for a single parent.
 I'm not happy with the situation, but I suppose that's life.
 I want to travel and see something of life.
 6 [countable, uncountable]
a way of living
hayat, yaşam, yaşam tarzı
 They went to America to start a new life.
 They lead a busy life.
 married life
ENERGY
7 [uncountable]
energy; activity
hayat, canlı
 Young children are full of life.
 These streets come to life in the evenings.
REALITY
8 [uncountable]
something that really exists and is not just a story, a picture, etc.
hayat
 I wonder what that actor's like in real life.
 Do you draw people from life or from photographs?
IDIOMS
a fact of life
something unpleasant that you must accept because you cannot change it
hayatın gerçeği
 Most people now see unemployment as just another fact of life.
the facts of life
the details of sexual behaviour and how babies are born
cinsel bilgiler
full of beans/life
with a lot of energy and enthusiasm
canlı, hayat dolu
 They came back from their holiday full of beans.
get a life
(spoken)
used to tell sb to stop being boring and do sth more interesting
canlan biraz!
 Oh, stop moaning and get a life!
have the time of your life
to enjoy yourself very much
hayatını yaşamak
lose your life
to be killed
ölmek, yaşamını yitirmek
a matter of life and/or death
extremely urgent and important
ölüm kalım meselesi
take your (own) life
to kill yourself
intihar etmek
a walk of life
sb's job or position in society
sosyal konum, sınıf
 She has friends from all walks of life (toplumun değişik kesimlerinden).
a/sb's way of life
the behaviour and customs that are typical of a person or group of people
yaşam tarzı
 

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