living death in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.live1 [Brit lɪv, Am lɪv] VB trans

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II.live1 [Brit lɪv, Am lɪv] VB intr

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1. live:

live (dwell) animal:
vivre
live person: (gen)
vivre, habiter (with avec)
live (in permanent dwelling)
habiter
they live at number 7
ils habitent au numéro 7
three sons still living at home
trois fils qui vivent encore à la maison
animals that live underground
des animaux qui vivent sous terre
to live together/apart/alone
vivre or habiter ensemble/séparément/seul
to live in house, apartment
vivre dans, habiter
it isn't fit to live in
c'est insalubre
he's not very easy to live with
il n'est pas très facile à vivre
Devon is a nice place to live
il fait bon vivre dans le Devon
have you found anywhere to live yet?
avez-vous trouvé à vous loger?
he lives at the library/doctor's iron
il est toujours fourré à la bibliothèque/chez le médecin inf
he lives in his jeans
il est toujours en jean

3. live (remain alive):

live (gen) fig
vivre
live (survive)
survivre
to live to be eighty/ninety
vivre jusqu'à l'âge de quatre-vingts/quatre-vingt-dix ans
nothing can live in this environment
rien ne peut vivre dans ce milieu
his grandfather is still living
son grand-père vit toujours
as long as I live, I'll…
tant que je vivrai, je…
you'll regret this for as long as you live
vous le regretterez toute votre vie
she 's only got two months to live
il ne lui reste que deux mois à vivre
I don't think he'll live
je ne pense pas qu'il survive
the memory will live in my heart forever
le souvenir vivra toujours dans mon cœur
these plants live through the hardest of winters
ces plantes survivent à l'hiver le plus rude
she'll not live through the night
elle ne passera pas la nuit
I'll live! hum
je n'en mourrai pas!
I've got nothing left to live for
je n'ai plus de raison de vivre
to live to regret sth
en venir à regretter qc
long live democracy/the King!
vive la démocratie/le roi!

III.live1 [Brit lɪv, Am lɪv]

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I.live2 [Brit lʌɪv, Am laɪv] ADJ

II.live2 [Brit lʌɪv, Am laɪv] ADV

I.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] N

II.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ] ADJ

III.living [Brit ˈlɪvɪŋ, Am ˈlɪvɪŋ]

death [Brit dɛθ, Am dɛθ] N

death (of person)
mort f
death (of person)
décès m
death (of animal)
mort f
death (of hopes, plans, dreams, civilization, democracy) fig
anéantissement m
at (the time of) his death
à sa mort
a death in the family
un décès dans la famille
death by hanging/drowning
mort par pendaison/noyade
to starve/freeze to death
mourir de faim/de froid
to burn to death
mourir carbonisé
to put sb to death
exécuter qn
to sentence sb to death LAW
condamner qn à mort
death to the king!
mort au roi!
a fight to the death
un combat à mort
they fought to the death
ils se sont battus à mort
to drink oneself to death
se tuer en buvant
to work oneself to death
se tuer au travail or à la tâche
she's working herself to death!
elle se tue au travail!
she fell to her death
elle s'est tuée en tombant
she jumped to her death
elle s'est tuée en sautant dans le vide
he met his death in a skiing accident
il a trouvé la mort dans un accident de ski
to come close to death
friser la mort
he remains a controversial figure in death as in life
il reste un personnage controversé aussi bien mort que vivant
to die a violent death
mourir de mort violente
to do sb to death
assassiner qn
that excuse/joke has been done to death fig
cette excuse/blague est éculée or est vieille comme le monde
that play has been done to death
cette pièce a été jouée tant de fois qu'on finit par s'en lasser
they were united in death
ils ont été unis dans la mort
till death do us part
jusqu'à ce que la mort nous sépare
‘Deaths’ JOURN
‘Rubrique Nécrologique’
a fall would mean or spell death
une chute serait fatale
this means or spells the death of the old industries
cela va être la mort des vieilles industries
to die a or the death fashion:
disparaître complètement
to die a or the death entertainer, play:
faire un bide inf
he died the death
il aurait voulu rentrer sous terre
those children will be the death of me!
ces enfants me tueront!
that thesis/car will be the death of her!
cette thèse/voiture la tuera!
don't tell him, it will be the death of him
ne le lui dis pas, ça l'achèvera
it's a matter of life or death
c'est une question de vie ou de mort
to look like death warmed up
avoir l'air d'un cadavre ambulant
I feel like death (warmed up)!
je ne me sens pas bien du tout!
to be at death's door
être à (l'article de) la mort
to be worried to death inf
se ronger les sangs (about au sujet de)
to be frightened to death inf
être mort de peur
to frighten or scare sb to death
faire une peur bleue à qn inf
to be bored to death inf
s'ennuyer à mourir
I'm sick or tired to death inf of this! inf
j'en ai par-dessus la tête!, j'en ai ras le bol! inf
you'll catch your death (of cold) inf
tu vas crever or mourir de froid

See also thousand

I.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] N (figure)

III.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd] ADJ

IV.thousand [Brit ˈθaʊz(ə)nd, Am ˈθaʊz(ə)nd]

living death in the PONS Dictionary

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It's a living death, when the brain has been repeatedly battered and the football player morphs into someone unrecognizable to friends and family.
www.cbssports.com
It can mean years of hard work, or loneliness, and a living death, as the illness takes hold and you gradually lose the person who meant the most to you.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Even when alive, some elderly people go through a kind of living death.
www.sentinelassam.com
There is something called a living death and it is not visible to most people.
nation.com.pk
Being imprisoned is a form of living death.
www.propublica.org
Is his existence enviable, or a sort of living death?
www.avclub.com
In extreme cases, leads to a form of living death.
en.wikipedia.org
The profession of governess in the 1800s was widely considered a dismal fate, and paintings from the period depict it as humiliating and even tragic, a kind of living death.
www.slate.com
His "we've stopped the boats" mantra ignores the long, slow, living death these children are suffering.
www.canberratimes.com.au
It's more like living death.
www.escapistmagazine.com

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