| Level | A1 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | live |
| IPA | /lɪv / verb |
| Back | oturmak, yaşamak |
| Back 2 | live (verb) /lɪv /
verb
1 [intransitive]
to have your home in a
particular place
oturmak, yaşamak
Where do you live?
He still lives with his parents.
2 [intransitive]
to be or stay alive
yaşamak
You can't live without water.
She hasn't got long to live.
to live to a great age
3 [intransitive,
transitive]
to pass or spend your
life in a certain way
yaşamak, (yaşam)
sürmek
to live a quiet life
to live in comfort/poverty
4 [intransitive]
to enjoy all the
opportunities of life fully
hayatını
yaşamak, hayatın tadını çıkarmak
I want to live a bit before settling down.
IDIOM
live/sleep
rough
to live or sleep
outdoors, usually because you have no home or money
sokaklarda
yatmak
PHRASAL VERBS
live
by sth
to follow a particular
belief or set of principles
(bir inanca vb. göre) yaşamak
live
by doing sth
to get the money,
food, etc. you need by doing a particular activity
ile
geçimini sürdürmek
They live by hunting and fishing.
live
for sb/sth
to consider sb/sth to
be the most important thing in your life
...
için yaşamak
He felt he had nothing to live for after
his wife died.
Caren lives for the weekends.
not
live sth down
to be unable to make
people forget sth bad or embarrassing that you have done
unutturmamak, kulağına
küpe olmak
They lost 10–nil? They'll never live it
down!
live
off sb/sth
to depend on sb/sth in
order to live
eline
bakmak
Barry lives off tinned food.
She could easily get a job but she still
lives off her parents.
live
on
to continue to live or
exist
yaşamak, yaşamayı
sürdürmek
After his retirement he lived on for
another 25 years.
Mozart is dead but his music lives on.
live
on sth
1 to
have sth as your only food
ile
yaşamak
to live on bread and water
2 to
manage to buy what you need to live
ile
geçinmek
I don't know how they live on so little
money!
A family of six cannot live on £100 a week.
live
out sth
1 to
actually do sth that you only imagined doing before
gerçekleştirmek
to live out your dreams/fantasies
2 to
spend the rest of your life in a particular way
(hayatın geri kalanını) geçirmek
They lived out their last few years in
Peru.
live
through sth
to survive an
unpleasant experience
başından
geçmek
She lived through two wars.
live
together
to live in the same
house, etc. as sb and have a sexual relationship with them
birlikte
yaşamak
live
it up
to enjoy yourself in
an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money
gününü
gün etmek
live
up to sth
to be as good as
expected
(söz, beklenti vb.) yerine
getirmek, gerçekleştirmek
Children sometimes find it hard to live up
to their parents' expectations.
live
with sb
= live
together
live
with sth
to accept sth
unpleasant that you cannot change
ile
yaşamayı öğrenmek, kabullenmek
It can be hard to live with the fact that
you are getting older.
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