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| Verb | 1. | live on - continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" live, be - have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" hold water, stand up, hold up - resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" perennate - survive from season to season, of plants live out - live out one's life; live to the end |
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Translations
يُعْتاش على طَعام كذايَعيِشُ عَلَىَيَعيش على دَخْل
být živ ovyžítžít z
leve afklare sig for
elää jollakin
preživjeti s
él
lifa á, framfleyta sérnærast á
･･･にたよって暮らす
...을 먹고 살다
žiť nažiť z
leva på
ยังชีพ
geçinmekile geçinmekyiyerek yaşamak
sống bằng
w>live on
vi (= continue to live) → weiterleben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
live1
(liv) verb1. to have life; to be alive. This poison is dangerous to everything that lives.
2. to survive. The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live.; It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.
3. to have one's home or dwelling (in a particular place). She lives next to the church.; They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.
4. to pass (one's life). He lived a life of luxury.; She lives in fear of being attacked.
5. (with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself. He lives by fishing.
-lived adjective having (a certain type of) life. long-lived.
ˈliving adjective1. having life; being alive. a living creature; The aim of the project was to discover if there was anything living on Mars.
2. now alive. the greatest living artist.
noun the money etc needed to feed and house oneself and keep oneself alive. He earns his living driving a taxi; She makes a good living as an author.
ˈliving-room noun the room of a house etc in which the occupants of the house usually sit during their leisure time.
live-in adjective living in the same place with a sexual partner without being married to him/her. a live-in partner/boyfriend.
live and let live to tolerate other people's actions and expect them to tolerate one's own.
live down to live through the shame of (a foolish act etc) till it is forgotten.
live in/out to have one's home at, away from, the place where one works. All the hotel staff live in; The nurse chose to live out.
live on1. to keep oneself alive by eating. He lives on fish and potatoes.
2. to be supported (financially) by. He lives on $40 a week.
live up to to behave in a manner worthy of. He found it difficult to live up to his reputation as a hero.
(with)in living memory within a period recent enough to be remembered by someone still alive. It was the worst harvest in living memory.
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live on
→ يَعيِشُ عَلَىَ vyžít leve af weiterleben ζω με arreglarselas con, sobrevivir elää jollakin vivre de preživjeti s vivere di ･･･にたよって暮らす ...을 먹고 살다 rondkomen met leve av żyć dalej viver de прожить leva på ยังชีพ geçinmek sống bằng 靠...生活Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009