life's - Tìm kiếm | Laban Dictionary - Từ điển Anh - Việt, Việt

If your life flashes/passes before your eyes or if your life flashes/passes before you, many memories from different parts of your life quickly appear in your mind one after the other.

Her life flashed before her eyes when her car was about to crash.

[count] a specified part of a person's life

He talked about his life as an artist.

the social lives of college students

How's your love/sex life?

They had difficult home lives when they were children.

They are trying to keep their personal/private lives separate from their public lives.

the responsibilities of their family life

a specified way or manner of living

He lived/led a life of crime. [=he was a criminal]

They have lived/led sheltered lives.

He is trying to make a better life for himself and his family.

Your way of life is how you live your life.

a fisherman's way of life

Most people don't approve of my way of life.

a traditional way of life

[count] :the state or condition of being alive

They spared the horse's life. [=they did not kill the horse]

She feels that her life is in danger. = She fears for her life. = She is in fear for her life. [=she feels that she is in danger of being killed]

She risked her life [=she did something very dangerous that could have resulted in her death] to help him.

She gave/sacrificed her life [=she did something that resulted in her death] for her country.

He was running for his life. [=he was running to escape from great danger]

He is fighting for his life. [=he is very sick or injured and may die]

A would-be assassin made an attempt on the President's life. [=tried to kill the President]

[noncount] :living things of a specified kind or in a specified place

There may be a great deal of animal/plant life still to be discovered in this region.

forest life

ocean life

Will we ever find intelligent life on other planets?

the time when something can be used :the period when something exists or is useful or effective [noncount]

battery life

the life of an insurance policy

They claim that using their product will extend the life of the car.

a warranty that is good for the life of the product [count]

a product that extends the lives of the rugs/cars - see also half-life, shelf life

[noncount] energy and spirit

eyes full of life

(informal) suck the life out of a room [=take all the fun and energy out of a group of people in a room]

activity and movement

The streets were humming with life. [=the streets were filled with people and activity]

There were no signs of life in the deserted village.

[count] :a book that tells about the life of a person :biography

She wrote a life of Napoleon.

Boswell's Life of Johnson

[noncount] :the punishment of being kept in a prison for the rest of your life :life imprisonment

He was found guilty and sentenced to life. = (informal) He got life. = He was given life. - see also fact of life, good life, slice-of-life, still life

a dog's life

xem dog

a life of its own

Something that takes on a life of its own becomes very large, important, or hard to control.

The project soon took on a life of its own and prevented us from getting any other work done.

The story took on a life of its own and began to appear on news broadcasts everywhere.

all walks of life

or every walk of life

xem walk

a matter of life and death

something that is extremely important and often involves decisions that will determine whether someone lives or dies

Being prepared for severe weather can be a matter of life and death. - see also life-and-death

a new lease on/of life

xem lease

(as) big as life

US or chiefly Brit (as) large as life

informal :in person - used to describe the surprise of seeing someone

I never expected her to come to the party, but there she was, as big as life.

bet/stake your life on

If you would bet/stake your life on something, you are very sure that it will happen.

Will she keep her promise? I'd bet/stake my life on it!

breathe (new) life into

to give new energy and excitement to (something)

She is credited with breathing new life into contemporary art.

The singer managed to breathe life into some tired old songs.

bring someone or something back to life

to cause someone or something that has died to begin living again

The story is about a mad scientist who tries to bring dead people back to life. - often used figuratively

They're trying to bring the restaurant back to life by introducing a new menu.

an old theory that is being brought back to life

bring something to life

to make something very interesting, appealing, or exciting

She brings history to life with her books.

come to life

to become very interesting, appealing, or exciting

The movie really comes to life when she appears on the screen.

of a place :to become filled with the energy and excitement of active people

Downtown comes to life each night when the clubs open.

or sputter/roar (etc.) to life of a machine :to begin working

The engine suddenly roared to life.

depart this life

xem depart

for dear life

very tightly or quickly because of fear or danger

He was hanging/holding on to the rope for dear life.

They were running for dear life to get away from the vicious dogs.

for life

for the whole of your life :for the rest of your life

They met in college and have remained friends for life.

He was sentenced to prison for life.

for the life of me

informal :in any way at all - used to say that you are unable to remember or understand something

I couldn't for the life of me remember what her name was.

For the life of me, I can't think of any reasons why you wouldn't want a computer at home.

frighten/scare the life out of

informal :to frighten (someone) very badly

You (nearly) scared the life out of me when you startled me like that!

from life

of a painting, drawing, etc. :from looking at an actual person, object, etc.

drawings done from life rather than from photographs

get a life

informal :to stop spending time doing or thinking about things that are not important or interesting :to begin to have a more interesting or exciting life