• in somebody's life - в чийомусь житті
• save one’s life - зберегти своє життя
• risk one’s life - ризикувати своїм життям
• lose one’s life - втратити своє життя, померти
• take somebody's life =kill someone - вбити когось
• be fighting for your life =be so ill or injured that you might die - боротися за своє життя
• give your life/lay down your life =die in order to save other people or because of a strong belief - пожертвувати своїм життям
• take your life in your (own) hands =put yourself in a very dangerous situation - ризикувати своїм життям
• lead/live/have a ..... life - жити своїм життям
• city/country/village etc life - міське/сільське життя
• daily/everyday life - щоденне життя
• be somebody's (whole) life = to be the most important thing or person to someone - бути найголовнішим у чийомусь житті
• life and death also life or death used for emphasizing that a situation, decision etc is extremely urgent and important, especially because someone is at risk of dying - питання життя та смерті
• come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc =to suddenly start working - відротитися, ожити
• make life difficult/easier etc =to make it difficult, easier etc to do something - ускладнити життя
• the life and soul of the party, British English the life of the party American English someone who enjoys social occasions and is fun and exciting to be with - душа вечірки
• life and limb, formal - your life and physical health - used especially when this is threatened in some way - життя та фізичний стан
• get a life! - spoken used to tell someone that you think they are boring and should find more exciting things to do - займись чимось цікавим у житті!
• that's life, also such is life spoken - used to say that something is disappointing but you have to accept it - таке життя
• this is the life, spoken - used when you are relaxing and doing something you enjoy - оце життя!
• how's life? - spoken used to ask someone if they are well, what they have been doing etc - Як справи?
• life goes on - spoken used to say that you must continue to live a normal life even when something sad or disappointing has happened - життя продовжується
• a life of its own - if something has a life of its own, it seems to move or work by itself - живе своїм життям
• cannot for the life of me - spoken used to say that you cannot remember or understand something even when you try hard - ні за що в світі
• life's too short - spoken - used to say that you should not waste time doing something or worrying about something - життя занадто коротке
• not on your life - spoken - used as a reply to a question or suggestion to say that you definitely will not do something - ні за що в світі
• frighten/scare the life out of somebody - informal - to make someone feel very frightened - налякати когось до смерті, вибити з когось дух
• there's life in the old dog yet – spoken- used to say that although someone or something is old, they are still able to do something - used humorously - а він (вона) ще нічого!
• (as) large as life - British English -spoken -used when someone has appeared or is present in a place where you did not expect to see them - повсюди, де його (її) тільки немає!
• true to life - also true-to-life a book, play, description etc that is true to life seems very real and natural [= realistic] - реалістичний
• for dear life - written if you run, fight, hold on etc for dear life, you do it as fast or as well as you can because you are afraid - за милу душу
• life assurance - страхування життя
• life belt - рятувальний круг
• life buoy - рятувальний круг
• life choice - життєвий вибір
• life guard - берегова охорона, рятувальник
• life jacket - рятувальний желет
• life raft - рятувальна шлюбка
• life sentence - пожиттєве ув'язнення
• life-size - a picture or model of something or someone that is life-size is the same size as they really are - природнього розміру
• life-threatening - a life-threatening situation, illness, or injury could cause a person to die[↪ fatal] - що загрожує життю
• a live-in - job is one in which you live with the family you work for - з проживанням
• real-life - actually happening in life, not invented in a book - справжній
• shelf life - the length of time that a product, especially food, can be kept in a shop before it becomes too old to sell - термін придатності
• still life - a picture of an arrangement of objects, for example flowers or fruit - натюрморт
• walk of life - the position in society someone has, especially the type of job they have - шлях у житті
• way of life - the behaviour, habits, customs etc that are typical of a particular society or person - спосіб життя
• work-life balance - the ability to give a sensible amount of time and effort to your work and to your life outside work, for example to your family or to other interests - вміння збалансовувати особисте життя з роботою