单词 | to live with |
释义 | > as lemmasto live with —— to live with —— 1. intransitive. To cohabit with (a spouse or (now esp.) a partner). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [verb (transitive)] > cohabit with usec1384 to live with ——1661 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiii. 155 b If..he was found not able to live with her so fleshly, as his youth required.] 1661 G. Bishop New Eng. Judged 75 A Mother of many Children, one that had lived with her Husband the space of Twenty years. 1702 J. Savage Antient & Present State Germany 231 He lived with Clara..as with a Wife. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 136 I had now liv'd with Mr. Norbert near a quarter of a year. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. viii. 147 She was more alive to the disgrace, which the want of new clothes must reflect on her daughter's nuptials, than to any sense of shame at her eloping and living with Wickham, a fortnight before they took place. View more context for this quotation 1854 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 23 Oct. (1954) II. 179 If you hear of anything that I have said..in relation to Mr. Lewes beyond the simple fact that I am attached to him and that I am living with him,..believe that it is false. 1879 A. Trollope John Caldigate II. iii. 33 Did she ever live with you?.. As your wife? 1928 E. Wallace Flying Squad xvi. 159 People are under the impression that you're living with me. 2000 New Republic 14 Aug. 16/1 Mary..lives with her partner in Colorado. 2. intransitive. colloquial. To put up with; to come to terms with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > accept without resistance [verb (transitive)] > put up with or become reconciled to bear1540 reconcile1543 to take up with1609 to come to terms1860 to live with ——1937 1937 T. S. Eliot in B. Dobrée From Anne to Victoria xliii. 603 Were one a person who liked to have busts about, a bust of Scott would be something one could live with. 1941 F. D. Roosevelt Let. 1 July in H. L. Ickes Secret Diary (1955) III. 567 Both of these are elements that we have to live with whether we like it or not. 1961 Listener 2 Nov. 694/2 We know that, on account of the balance of military power, we have got to live with it [sc. Communism]. 1964 ‘W. Haggard’ Antagonists ii. 16 That was awkward, but the experienced Mr Palliser could live with it. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover vi. 56 Gary was illegitimate... Not that I ever made any secret about it. It was something Gary had to learn to live with. 2007 M. Lewycka Two Caravans 197 You make the wrong choice, you got to live with it. 3. intransitive. to live with oneself: to bear the responsibility for one's own actions, situation, etc.; to preserve one's self-respect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > retain one's self-respect [verb (intransitive)] to hold up one's head1553 to walk tall1846 to live with oneself1962 1962 P. Gregory Like Tigress at Bay xiv. 143 Would he be able to live with himself, later? 1971 ‘J. J. Marric’ Gideon's Art xi. 98 I think he'll find it difficult to live with himself if he's taken off [the job]. 1973 R. Perry Ticket to Ride ii. 32 The note of hysteria in her voice stopped me dead. The sensible thing to do would have been to continue on my way but if I did I knew I'd find it awfully difficult to live with myself. 2005 J. Brand It's different for Girls i. 7 Susan's real father..could not have lived with himself unless he had spent any cash at the bookies or pissed it away in the pub. < as lemmas |
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