| 单词 | life |
| 释义 | life (laɪf ) Word forms: lives (laɪvz ) 1. uncountable noun A1 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. These guidelines were essential to protect the public's right to life. ...the earth's supply of life-giving oxygen. Synonyms: being, existence, living, breath 2. uncountable noun B1+ 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. Synonyms: living things, creatures, wildlife, organisms 3. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] A1 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. 4. countable noun A1 Someone's life is the period of time during which they are alive. He spent the last fourteen years of his life in retirement. [+ in] For the first time in his life he regretted that he had no faith. Synonyms: existence, being, lifetime, time 5. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] B1+ 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. [+ in] 6. countable noun B1+ 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. 7. uncountable noun A1 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. 8. uncountable noun B1+ 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. 9. uncountable noun B1+ 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. [+ of] He abhors the wheeling-and-dealing associated with conventional political life. Synonyms: way of life, situation, conduct, behaviour 10. uncountable noun B2 A person, place, book, or film that is full of life gives an impression of excitement, energy, or cheerfulness. [approval] 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. Synonyms: spirit, heart, soul, essence 11. countable noun [oft NOUN of noun] 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. 12. uncountable noun 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. [informal] He could get life in prison, if convicted. 13. countable noun [with poss] 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. [+ of] Synonyms: period of usefulness, existence, duration 14. uncountable noun 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. 15. be one's life phrase [VERB inflects] B2 If you say that something or someone is your life, you are emphasizing that they are extremely important to you. The Church is my life. 16. bring sth to life/come to life phrase If you bring something to life or if it comes to life, it becomes interesting or exciting. The cold, hard cruelty of two young men is vividly brought to life in this true story. Poems which had seemed dull and boring suddenly came to life. 17. come to life phrase If something or someone comes to life, they become active. The volcano came to life a week ago. Synonyms: rouse, revive, awaken, become active 18. life after death phrase B1 If you talk about life after death, you are discussing the possibility that people may continue to exist in some form after they die. I believe in life after death. 19. fight for one's life phrase Someone who is fighting for their life is making a great effort to stay alive, either when they are being physically attacked or when they are very ill. He is still fighting for his life in hospital. 20. for life phrase B2 For life means for the rest of a person's life. He was jailed for life in 1966 for the murder of three policemen. She may have been scarred for life. There can be no jobs for life. 21. for the life of me phrase [with brd-neg, usu PHR before v, PHRASE with cl] If you say that you cannot for the life of you understand or remember something, you are emphasizing that you cannot understand or remember it, even if you try hard. [informal, emphasis] I can't for the life of me understand why you didn't think of it. 22. for one's life/for dear life phrase If you say that someone does something for dear life or for their life, you mean that they do it using all their strength and effort because they are in a dangerous or urgent situation. [informal, emphasis] I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life. 23. live life to the full phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone lives life to the full, you mean that they try to gain a lot from life by being always busy and trying new activities. [approval] 24. get a life phrase If you tell someone to get a life, you are expressing frustration with them because their life seems boring or they seem to care too much about unimportant things. [informal, disapproval] 25. life goes on convention You can say 'Life goes on' after mentioning something very sad to indicate that, although people are very upset or affected by it, they have to carry on living normally. [feelings] I can't spend the rest of my life wishing it hadn't happened. Life goes on. 26. have a life phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you say that you have a life, you mean that you have interests and activities, particularly outside your work, which make your life enjoyable and worthwhile. 27. in sb's life phrase [usually noun PHRASE] If you talk about the man or woman in someone's life, you mean the person they are having a relationship with, especially a sexual relationship. There is a new man in her life. 28. in all my life phrase You can use in all my life or in my life to emphasize that you have never previously experienced something to such a degree. [emphasis] I have never been so scared in all my life. I have never seen such a shambles in my life. 29. the fright of your life phrase [NOUN inflects] You can use expressions such as the fright of your life or the race of your life to emphasize, for example, that you have never been so frightened or that you have never run faster. [emphasis] A top reggae singer gave a young fan the thrill of her life when he serenaded her. 30. larger than life phrase If you say that someone or something is larger than life, you mean that they appear or behave in a way that seems more exaggerated or important than usual. ...not that we should expect all good publishers to be larger than life. Throughout his career he's always been a larger than life character. 31. to lay down your life phrase If someone lays down their life for another person, they die so that the other person can live. [literary] Man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends. 32. to risk life and limb phrase If someone risks life and limb, they do something very dangerous that may cause them to die or be seriously injured. Viewers will remember the dashing hero, Dirk, risking life and limb to rescue Daphne from the dragons. 33. new life phrase [NOUN inflects] B2 If you start a new life, you move to another place or country, or change your career, usually to try and recover from an unpleasant experience. He had gone as far away as possible to build a new life. 34. not on your life convention If someone says 'Not on your life', they are totally rejecting a suggestion that has been made. [informal, emphasis] 'You should have given him a lift.'—'In that condition? Not on your life!' 35. live one's own life phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you live your own life, you live in the way that you want to and accept responsibility for your actions and decisions, without other people's advice or interference. Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children. 36. rule one's life phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way. I'm conscious of what I eat, but it doesn't rule my life. 37. to save one's life phrase [NOUN inflects, PHRASE after verb] If you say that someone cannot do something to save their life, you are emphasizing that they do it very badly. [informal, emphasis] Winston could not have read the road signs to save his life. 38. the life and soul of the party phrase If you refer to someone as the life and soul of the party, you mean that they are very lively and entertaining on social occasions, and are good at mixing with people. In American English, you usually say that they are the life of the party. [approval] 39. start life phrase If something starts life or begins life as a particular thing, it is that thing when it first starts to exist. Herr's book started life as a dramatic screenplay. [+ as] 40. take sb's life phrase If someone takes another person's life, they kill them. If someone takes their own life, they kill themselves. [formal] Before execution, he admitted to taking the lives of at least 35 more women. He helped his first wife take her life when she was dying of cancer. 41. that's life convention People say 'That's life' after an unlucky, unpleasant, or surprising event to show that they realize such events happen occasionally and must be accepted. [feelings] 'It never would have happened if Florette had not gone back for the book.'—'That's life.' Synonyms: that's the way things are, that's it, that's the way the cookie crumbles [informal] 42. come to life/spring to life/roar into life phrase You can use expressions such as to come to life, to spring to life, and to roar into life to indicate that a machine or vehicle suddenly starts working or moving. [literary] To his great relief the engine came to life. In the garden of the Savoy Hotel the sprinklers suddenly burst into life. 43. what a life convention People say 'What a life' to indicate that they are unhappy or are having great difficulties. [feelings] Here I am at a crummy hotel with no clean clothes, no money and suffering from shock. What a life! 44. life isn't worth living/makes life worth living phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that life isn't worth living without something, or that something makes life worth living, you mean that you cannot enjoy life without it. Life is not worth living without food you can look forward to and enjoy! Those are the moments which make life worth living. 45. See also fact of life, kiss of life 46. a matter of life and death phrase If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately. [emphasis] Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death. We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here. It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle. 47. a new lease of life phrase If you say that someone or something has been given a new lease of life, you are emphasizing that they are much more lively or successful than they have been in the past. The operation has given me a new lease of life. 48. to have the time of your life phrase If you have the time of your life, you enjoy yourself very much indeed. We're taking our little grandchild away with us. We'll make sure he has the time of his life. For some it was awful, for others, particularly the young, it was the time of their lives. 49. true to life phrase If you say that something such as a story or a film is true to life, you approve of it because it seems real. [approval] The opening scenes of this movie are just not true to life. Quotations: Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothingMacbeth The unexamined life is not worth living Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards Life is a comedy to those that think, and a tragedy to those that feelLetter to Anne, Countess of Upper Ossory Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot Life is long to the miserable, but short to the happySententiae The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scaleThe Blind Watchmaker Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional qualitiesThe Mysterious Universe Life is an abnormal businessThe Rhinoceros Life is fired at us point blank There is only one minute in which you are alive, this minute - here and now. The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Which is exactly what it is - a miracle and unrepeatable Look to this day For it is life, the very life of life The Sufi In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world - but shall smile at the infinite delight and mystery of it Man is born to live, not to prepare for lifeDoctor Zhivago What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time; it is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunsetLast words Oh, what a day-to-day business life isComplainte sur certains ennuis Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!Die fröhliche Wissenschaft Life is just one damned thing after another Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad televisionHusbands and Wives Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call LifeSonnet Life is one long process of getting tiredNotebooks There is no wealth but lifeUnto This Last Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of timeLevana Life isn't all beer and skittlesTom Brown's Schooldays Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously aboutLady Windermere's Fan The meaning of life is that it stops It is the essence of life that it exists for its own sakeNature and Life Old and young, we are all on our last cruiseVirginibus Puerisque Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyedRasselas ' Tis all a chequer-board of nights and days Where Destiny with men for pieces plays; Hither and thither moves, and mates, and slays, And one by one back in the closet laysThe Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soulA Psalm of Life Idioms: put your life in someone's hands to put yourself in a situation where someone has complete control over what happens to you After all these years, do you take me for a fool? What makes you think I would put my life in your hands? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers live the life of Riley to have a very enjoyable time because you have no worries about money or work He was living the life of Riley, enjoying holidays in Italy and trips to the theatre, while we had barely enough to eat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers life is a bowl of cherries said to mean that life is full of pleasure and enjoyment. This expression is often used negatively to comment on an unpleasant or difficult situation. Life's not exactly a bowl of cherries when you're an international champ. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the life and soul of the party [British] or the life of the party someone who is very lively and entertaining on social occasions, and is good at mixing with people She was having a very enjoyable time and was clearly the life and soul of the party. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hold someone's life in your hands to have complete control over what happens to someone You feel a responsibility to people because sometimes you're holding their life in your hands. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get a life said to someone to express criticism, or ridicule of them, for example because they never do anything interesting, or because they are being unrealistic and stupid It was six o'clock in the evening. I was still in my pajamas. Nicole looked at me, said she thought I was deteriorating, and suggested I get a life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers frighten the life out of someone or scare the life out of someone to frighten someone a great deal Further tests revealed that three of my veins had furred up and I needed triple bypass surgery. It scared the life out of me. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fight for your life to be very seriously ill or injured and be in danger of dying A boy aged 15 was fighting for his life last night but two younger children were said to be out of danger. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a new lease of life [British] or a new lease on life If someone or something is given a new lease of life, something makes them successful once again or improves their condition The old oak table was picked up for just £4 and subsequently given a new lease of life by Kim's mother. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers it's a dog's life said to mean that a job or situation is unpleasant or boring It's a dog's life being a football manager. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers larger than life used for describing someone who seems more interesting or exciting than other people, for example because they are very talented, or because they behave in an unusual or interesting way. In American English, you can also describe them as bigger than life. John Huston was a larger-than-life character, whose temperament was as dramatic as any of the fictional figures in his own films. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers large as life [British] said to mean that you have found someone in a place, especially a place where they are not supposed to be. The usual expression in American English is big as life. I called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, large as life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers to within an inch of your life very severely In recent months the journalism profession has been battered to within an inch of its life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take your life in your hands to take a lot of risks when you do something A rider who does not know the road takes his life in his hands by cycling in the dark. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone can't do something to save their life [spoken] said to mean that someone cannot do something at all He can't sing to save his life but he is a good guitarist. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers risk life and limb to do something very dangerous that may cause you to die or be seriously injured He is not prepared to risk life and limb on this dangerous track to clinch the title. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers shelf life the length of time that something will last A large proportion of small businesses have a short shelf life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone's life hangs by a thread said to mean that someone is seriously ill and that they are very likely to die soon The baby was delivered by emergency Caesarean and the life of her mother hung by a thread. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers variety is the spice of life said to mean that doing and seeing a lot of different things makes life more enjoyable and interesting It is important to vary the training program so that boredom is avoided. Exercise should be fun and variety is the spice of life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: active life I lead a pretty active life. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's an active life with the three youngsters. The Sun (2016) Secondary schools are supposed to use PE lessons to teach children how to lead physically active lives and promote lifelong participation in healthy exercise. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The trauma of abuse continued into her adult life. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Virtually his entire adult life was spent away from home extending the empire. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This matter has in effect plagued me my entire adult life. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Has moving to the countryside changed your view of city life? Times, Sunday Times (2008) She says she enjoys escaping busy city life by spending time at her mother's home in the Hamptons. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Apparently it's modern city life that's to blame. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Delays in sending sick people for cancer tests are costing 10,000 lives a year. The Sun (2015) The indecisive and chaotic nature of the rescue effort has already cost too many innocent lives. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The notorious Alpine face had already cost the lives of German and Austrian climbers. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The film paints a grim picture of a life completely destroyed by heroin. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Yes, the young men did a terrible thing and one that has destroyed many more lives than just that one. Times, Sunday Times (2006) You will suffer long-term harm if you remain with a leader who runs roughshod over people and destroys lives. Christianity Today (2000) He thinks that fathers who absent themselves from domestic life are missing out. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They juggle work and domestic life between his house in LA and hers in West London. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Think long and hard about what's going on in your domestic life. The Sun (2016) From then on her early life was rarely discussed. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Cameras follow him as he returns to his hometown in Michigan, where he discusses his early life. The Sun (2014) It offers a unique insight into Her Majesty's early life, when she was carefree without any idea of her future role. The Sun (2006) He admitted interfering with a vehicle and endangering lives. The Sun (2010) Anyone flying a drone that close to an airport endangered the lives of all passengers and crew. The Sun (2016) We must not enact laws which will endanger the lives of people in vulnerable situations. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A lining will extend the life of a curtain, by protecting it from light, dust and dirt. Collins Complete Books of Soft Furnishings (1993) The company has resorted increasingly to litigation to try to extend the lives of its medicines. Times, Sunday Times (2012) That has a double benefit: they make the cyclist more conspicuous than lights that give out a steady beam; and battery life is extended . Times, Sunday Times (2008) What is human life really worth? Christianity Today (2000) But he also wants doctors to go further, to acknowledge that the taking of human life is sometimes the best option for all concerned. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Each one of them emphasises the sanctity and the unpredictability of human life. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Their vital donations have helped save and improve the lives of patients over many years. The Sun (2011) I hope it will improve the lives of future students at Cambridge. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The Government pledged £448 million to help improve the lives of the 120,000 most disadvantaged families in the UK. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But given her personality and approach on tough love, could she not easily slip into being a workaholic whose life revolves around acting? Times, Sunday Times Life revolves around the connected kitchen/diner and sitting room, each 46ft wide. Times, Sunday Times Now, her whole life revolves around getting eight hours a night. Times, Sunday Times Life revolves around the bar, sundeck and restaurant. Times, Sunday Times I have a family whose life revolves around sport. Times,Sunday Times Over a longer period, life satisfaction also climbed. Times,Sunday Times Yesterday a survey suggested that levels of anxiety, worry and loneliness were at their highest in months and life satisfaction had fallen. Times,Sunday Times Respondents rated their life satisfaction, self-worth, happiness and anxiety from one to ten. Times, Sunday Times But what she has lost financially she has gained in life satisfaction. Times, Sunday Times Participants were asked to rate their life satisfaction on a scale of one to ten before and after the experiment. Times, Sunday Times I had even written a self-help book advising people how to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Times, Sunday Times This may sound like a morbid new year message but it could give you twenty more years of meaningful life. Times, Sunday Times Trust me, a full fridge and washing service are a poor replacement for a meaningful life. Times, Sunday Times Tragically, the marathon was to be the final chapter of her brief but meaningful life. The Sun Yet it isn't enough to make a fully meaningful life. Christianity Today The chances are it would make for a miserable life for all of you. The Sun I feel trapped in my job and trapped in a miserable life. The Sun I hope she remains tearful and upset for the rest of her miserable life. The Sun What a miserable life - straining to look acceptable. Times, Sunday Times Calves farmed for veal are reared in extremely cruel conditions and have a short and miserable life. Times, Sunday Times I have been denied the ability to travel freely, to work, to resume a normal life. Times, Sunday Times He's only just decided to dip his toe into normal life and - shock, horror - go on holiday just like 'real people' do. Times, Sunday Times Normal life isn't kind to people with this condition; it jars and confuses. Times, Sunday Times The only help to achieving any sort of near normal life was 'pacing' myself. Times, Sunday Times She's found and taken into care, eventually emerging as a composed, self-aware person leading a relatively normal life. Times, Sunday Times She dismantles celebrity culture and her personal life with equal glee. Times, Sunday Times She also has no interest in discussing her personal life. Times,Sunday Times He's clever, he can perform, he's writing books, he's writing articles, he has his 'colourful' personal life. Times,Sunday Times Did its success grant him permission to inject his personal life into his pieces? Times, Sunday Times However, she was not merely a mannequin: she made bold choices in her career and at times courageous ones in her personal life. Times, Sunday Times Housing policy is one of the greatly neglected areas in British political life. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But he added: 'I don't want to get involved in Mali's political life'. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Anyone less qualified for political life would be hard to find. Times, Sunday Times (2013) If only we had said something, if only we had intervened, we might have saved a precious life. Times, Sunday Times I was shocked and upset and it dawned on me how precious life was. The Sun This simple idea might have saved a precious life. The Sun Our task: keeping a precious life intact. Christianity Today This affords him another precious life. Times, Sunday Times In most cases these would prolong life only for an extra three months, he said. Times, Sunday Times The operation did not seek to prolong life unnaturally. Times, Sunday Times Other options - including 'choice not to prolong life' - were not ticked. The Sun Given our aim to save and prolong life, it was difficult to accept that not treating her was in her best interests. Times, Sunday Times We now have interventions to end life as well as advancements that prolong life in ways we wouldn't have imagined decades ago. Christianity Today But this was a man who erased or ruined the lives of millions. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Her life was ruined by the allegation, and she had to leave the church. Christianity Today (2000) He proved his heroism with his efforts to rebuild his ruined life. The Sun (2012) He hasn't got a clue about my secret life. The Sun In so doing, they have shed light on the secret life of a truffle. Times, Sunday Times But patrolling several times a week means he struggles to keep his secret life from loved ones. The Sun But if you act like it's your secret life, that's how others will see it. The Sun Speaking of the secret life of non-human house guests, what's going on with fruit flies? Times, Sunday Times It's that others are merrily making decisions without asking your views, even where these will shape your life for some years to come. Times, Sunday Times She starts to shape a life for herself, but sounds and images from her past life keep gatecrashing her present. Times, Sunday Times That childhood goes on to shape his life. The Sun It's a huge commitment in time, money, and energy, one that will shape your life for years to come. Christianity Today But he continues to shape my life and ministry. Christianity Today It has been estimated that these medications can shorten life by up to 10 years. Times, Sunday Times The slow-growing 'pussycats' can often have no symptoms and may not shorten life, while the rapidly growing 'tigers' can spread quickly. Times, Sunday Times The genetic fault, which causes familial hypercholesterolemia, can shorten life expectancy by 20 to 30 years. The Sun Anxiety can damage chromosomes responsible for a healthy immune system and shorten life by eight years. The Sun But this isn't an excuse for a lie-in - the team also found that more than nine hours sleep can also shorten life span. The Sun Spiritual life in the world's most populous nation appeared to have been snuffed out. The Times Literary Supplement He understood the nature of the spiritual life that was lived for others and in relation to others. Christianity Today Without that step of the will, her spiritual life would remain stale. Christianity Today Our vulnerability must be true and natural, authenticated by and consistent with our spiritual life as lived out among the people. Christianity Today I began to see my spiritual life and the spiritual journeys of others as my context for ministry. Christianity Today Stressful life events often result in debilitating physical symptoms. Christianity Today Her stressful life in showbusiness was, she knew, exactly what the doctor did not order. Times, Sunday Times Like me, 60% of insomniacs first encounter sleep problems following a stressful life event, while 20% say pregnancy was the trigger. Times, Sunday Times People's response to stressful life events such as divorce was also shown to depend on which version of the gene they carried. Times, Sunday Times For a less stressful life try to develop a higher embarrassment threshold. Times, Sunday Times And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. Times, Sunday Times Last year scientists used this method to find the first planet known to have water and temperatures that could potentially sustain life. Times,Sunday Times Everything you need to sustain life, in fact. Times, Sunday Times For in this room, there were no bottles for intravenous feeding, no tubes, no machines to sustain life. Christianity Today It will be half-waterlogged swamp and half-arid desert and either extreme will be virtually unable to sustain life. The Sun Insufficient blood would have been lost to threaten life. Times, Sunday Times He mentions a sterilised needle under the fingernail, which would cause excruciating pain but not threaten life. Times, Sunday Times This was designed to deal with abandoned non-coal mine workings which are likely to collapse and threaten life and property. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flash flood warnings are common all year, and due to the flat landscape, heavy rains often threaten life and property in the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But when acute ill health threatens life everyone demands and expects the best possible 24-hour hospital care. Times, Sunday Times No one can deny he has had a tragic life. The Sun Now in today's paper we hear that he's had a tough and tragic life. The Sun The two plays featured in this book have a common motif in that they each centre on the tragic life of a writer. The Times Literary Supplement He led a tragic life, in which he became less and less involved in matters of his kingdom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It tells the tragic life of a drunk who wakes up one day with stigmata. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But getting people into work transforms lives. The Sun (2011) His life is transformed by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The drug has been shown to transform the lives of patients affected by a genetic variation of cystic fibrosis. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Village life did not change significantly for most peasants. World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity (1995) The shop is the sustainable core of village life. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The stories of village life are based on the tales told to her by her father. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was a true celebration of a wonderful life. The Sun It's a wonderful life indeed for staff here. Times, Sunday Times I felt emotional, but sure that the twins were going to have a wonderful life. The Sun A celebration of her wonderful life will be held later in the year. Times,Sunday Times Will be sadly missed by family, friends and the community she served throughout her wonderful life. Times,Sunday Times No longer young, no longer fooled that she's anything more than an adequate performer, she knows that her working life will always be a struggle. Times, Sunday Times Her retirement was charac-terised by the enthusiasm she showed in her working life. Times, Sunday Times She had no experience in the travel or leisure industries, having spent most of her working life in electronics. Times, Sunday Times For the last 15 years of her working life she was blind. Times, Sunday Times She felt keenly that the emergence of digital photography had made redundant many of the skills that she had spent her working life perfecting. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 生命 Japanese: 生命 |
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