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nounLife is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have....a baby's first minutes of life.Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life....the earth's supply of life-giving oxygen.You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive .Is there life on Mars?The book includes some useful facts about animal and plant life.If you refer to someone's life, you mean their state of being alive, especially when there is a risk or danger of them dying.Your life is in danger.A nurse began to try to save his life.The intense fighting is reported to have claimed many lives.Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive.He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement.For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith.You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job.Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends.That was the beginning of my life in the television business.You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives.My personal life has had to take second place to my career.Most diabetics have a normal sex life.You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive.Life won't be dull!It's the people with insecurities who make life difficult....the sort of life we can only fantasise about living.If you know a lot about life, you have gained many varied experiences, for example by travelling a lot and meeting different kinds of people.I was 19 and too young to know much about life.I needed some time off from education to experience life.You can use life to refer to the things that people do and experience that are characteristic of a particular place, group, or activity.How did you adjust to college life?...the culture and life of north Africa.He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life.A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness.The town itself was full of life and character.The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life.He's sucked the life out of her.A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life.A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him.If someone is sentenced to life, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life or for a very long time.He could get life in prison, if convicted.The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for.The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment.In art, life refers to the producing of drawings, paintings, or sculptures that represent actual people, objects, or places, rather than images from the artist's imagination ....learning to draw from life.She had once posed for Life classes when she was an art student. A1

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definition	noun Life is the quality which people, animals, and plants have when they are not dead, and which objects and substances do not have. ...a baby's first minutes of life. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life. ...the earth's supply of life-giving oxygen. You can use life to refer to things or groups of things which are alive . Is there life on Mars? The book includes some useful facts about animal and plant life. If you refer to someone's life, you mean their state of being alive, especially when there is a risk or danger of them dying. Your life is in danger. A nurse began to try to save his life. The intense fighting is reported to have claimed many lives. Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive. He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement. For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith. You can use life to refer to a period of someone's life when they are in a particular situation or job. Interior designers spend their working lives keeping up to date with the latest trends. That was the beginning of my life in the television business. You can use life to refer to particular activities which people regularly do during their lives. My personal life has had to take second place to my career. Most diabetics have a normal sex life. You can use life to refer to the events and experiences that happen to people while they are alive. Life won't be dull! It's the people with insecurities who make life difficult. ...the sort of life we can only fantasise about living. If you know a lot about life, you have gained many varied experiences, for example by travelling a lot and meeting different kinds of people. I was 19 and too young to know much about life. I needed some time off from education to experience life. You can use life to refer to the things that people do and experience that are characteristic of a particular place, group, or activity. How did you adjust to college life? ...the culture and life of north Africa. He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life. A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness. The town itself was full of life and character. The rejection of the Jewish theme meant the rejection of everything that gave the script passion and life. He's sucked the life out of her. A life of a person is a book or film which tells the story of their life. A life of John Paul Jones had long interested him. If someone is sentenced to life, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life or for a very long time. He could get life in prison, if convicted. The life of something such as a machine, organization, or project is the period of time that it lasts for. The repairs did not increase the value or the life of the equipment. In art, life refers to the producing of drawings, paintings, or sculptures that represent actual people, objects, or places, rather than images from the artist's imagination . ...learning to draw from life. She had once posed for Life classes when she was an art student.
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