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live with sth
to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation
• I can't change the situation so I'm going to have to learn to live with it., live on sth
MONEY
1. If you live on an amount of money, that is the money that you use to buy the things that you need
• We lived on very little when we first got married., live up to sth
to be as good as something
• The concert was brilliant - it lived up to all our expectations., live together
If two people live together, they share a house and have a sexual relationship but are not married
• Nowadays many young people live together before they get married., live with sb
to share a home with someone and have a sexual relationship with them although you are not married , live on sth
FOOD
2. to only eat a particular type of food
• I more or less live on pasta., live for sth/sb
to have something or someone as the most important thing in your life
• She just lives for music.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with LIVE, Also see ALIVE (LIVE) AND KICKING; AS I LIVE AND BREATHE; CLOSE TO HOME (WHERE ONE LIVES); (LIVE FROM) DAY TO DAY; FAT OF THE LAND, LIVE OFF THE; HIGH OFF THE HOG, LIVE; IN ONE'S POCKET (LIVE IN EACH OTHER'S POCKETS); LEARN TO LIVE WITH; PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES.
American Heritage Idioms
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adj., adv. VERBS appear, be, play He appeared live on the Song and Dance Show. Is the show live or recorded? The band have never played this song live before. | come to sb, go out This programme comes to you live from the Albert Hall. In those days the broadcasts all went out live. | be broadcast, be screened, be shown, be televised, be transmitted The match will be televised live this evening. | be recorded The CD was recorded live at a concert given last year., verb in a place ADV. alone | together She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. | apart The couple have lived apart for two years. VERB + LIVE come to, go to We went to live in London when I was three. PREP. among living among the people of this remote island | in He lives in Manchester. | near She lives quite near here. | with I still live with my mum. PHRASES a place to live young couples looking for a place to live be alive ADV. longer Women live longer than men in general. | forever Who wants to live forever? I don't. | happily (ever after) All she wanted was to get married and live happily ever after. | amicably, harmoniously, peaceably the need to live as harmoniously as possible with everyone else | well Most of the people live very well, with nice houses and plenty to eat. | frugally, modestly They lived frugally off a diet of porridge and lentils. | vicariously She tried to live vicariously through her children. PREP. in Many of the people live in poverty and misery. | through She lived through two world wars. | with living with Aids PHRASES (for) as long as you live I shall remember this day for as long as I live. | learn to live with sth learning to live with disability | live a life of sth He's now living a life of luxury in Australia. | live to (be) 80, 90, etc., live to the age of 80, 90, etc. She lived to the age of 95. | the world we live in teaching children about the world we live in
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
dwell:
We live in Oregon on a farm.
verb
survives:
He lives on rice and fish.
adj.
not dead:
We want a live fish.
adj.
energized:
He touched a live wire and died.
Simple Definitions
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live
to have your home somewhere:
• He lives with his parents. • Where do you live? • Do you like living in Tokyo? • Jo lives next to a busy road. • Judy lives in that nice house on the corner. • How do you like living in the city again after so many years away from it? • In 1905 Russell was living at 4 Ralston Street.
be from/come from
use this when talking about the country, city, or area where you usually live:
• My name’s Sharon and I’m from Harlow. • The man is believed to be from somewhere in the north of England. • ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I’m from Japan.’ • The winner came from Australia.
inhabit
if a group of people or animals inhabit an area, they live there. Used especially in written descriptions:
• The island is mainly inhabited by sheep. • Some tribes still inhabit the more remote mountains and jungles of the country.
reside
formal to live in a particular country, city etc:
• She now resides in the US. • Miss Badu grew up in Dallas but now resides in Brooklyn. • At that time there were many American writers residing in Paris. • Miss Tonelli, how exactly did you come to reside at your current address? • The government bureau has prepared a booklet for US citizens residing abroad.
grow up
to live somewhere when you are a child or teenager:
• This is the neighborhood where my father grew up. • I grew up on a farm in South Africa.
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