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life (duration) noun [UK: laɪf] [US: ˈlaɪf] | durata della vitanoun |
life (the state of being alive) noun [UK: laɪf] [US: ˈlaɪf] | vitanoun |
life belt (buoyant ring) noun [UK: laɪf belt] [US: ˈlaɪf ˈbelt] | salvagentenoun |
life choice noun | scelta di vitanoun |
life cycle [life cycles] (course of stages through which an organism passes) noun [UK: laɪf ˈsaɪk.l̩] [US: ˈlaɪf ˈsaɪk.l̩] | ciclo di vitanoun ciclo vitalenoun |
life expectancy [life expectancies] (the amount of time one is expected to live) noun [UK: ˈlaɪ.fɪks.ˌpek.tən.sɪ] [US: ˈlaɪ.fɪks.ˌpek.tən.sɪ] | aspettativa di vitanoun |
life force (principle that animates living organisms) noun | archeonoun |
life insurance (form of insurance) noun [UK: laɪf ɪn.ˈʃʊə.rəns] [US: ˈlaɪf ˌɪn.ˈʃʊ.rəns] | assicurazione sulla vitanoun |
life is not all beer and skittles (proverb) phrase | |
life of Riley (ideal life of care-free prosperity) noun | vita da gran signorenoun vita da nababbonoun |
life preserver [life preservers] (buoyant ring or vest) noun [UK: laɪf prɪ.ˈzɜː.və(r)] [US: ˈlaɪf pri.ˈzɝː.vər] | salvagentenoun |
life sentence (sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) noun [UK: laɪf ˈsen.təns] [US: ˈlaɪf ˈsen.təns] | ergastolonoun |
life-size (the same size as the real thing) adjective [UK: ˈlaɪf saɪz] [US: ˈlaɪf saɪz] | a grandezza naturaleadjective |
lifeblood (figurative: that which is required for existence) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.blʌd] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌbləd] | linfa vitalenoun |
lifeboat [lifeboats] (a boat to save shipwrecked people) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.bəʊt] [US: ˈlaɪfboʊt] | scialuppanoun |
lifeguard [lifeguards] (attendant) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.ɡɑːd] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌɡɑːrd] | bagninonounHe's a lifeguard. = È un bagnino. |
lifelong (extending for the entire duration of life) adjective [UK: ˈlaɪ.flɒŋ] [US: ˈlaɪ.ˈflɒŋ] | da sempreadjective da una vitaadjective |
lifeskill (skill) noun | competenza per la vitanoun |
lifestyle [lifestyles] (style of living) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.staɪl] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌstaɪl] | stile di vitanoun |
lifetime [lifetimes] (duration of the life of someone or something) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.taɪm] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm] | duratanoun vita utilenoun |
lifetime [lifetimes] (informal, hyperbolic: a long period of time) noun [UK: ˈlaɪf.taɪm] [US: ˈlaɪf.ˌtaɪm] | un'eternitànoun una vitanoun |
afterlife (a conscious existence after death) noun [UK: ˈɑːf.tə.laɪf] [US: ˈæf.tər.ˌlaɪf] | aldilànoun oltretombanoun |
angioproliferation noun | angioproliferazionenoun |
antiproliferative (Tending to suppress cell growth) adjective | antiproliferativoadjective |
dog's life (miserable life) noun | vita da caninoun |
double life (existence or life that has two aspects, particularly when one of them is regarded as embarrassing, immoral, or unlawful and thus kept hidden from a person's family, friends, and work colleagues) noun [UK: ˈdʌb.l̩ laɪf] [US: ˈdʌb.l̩ ˈlaɪf] | doppia vitanoun |
elixir of life (elixir that brings immortality) noun [UK: ɪ.ˈlɪk.sə(r) əv laɪf] [US: ə.ˈlɪk.sər əv ˈlaɪf] | l’elisir di lunga vitanoun |
everyday life noun | quotidianitànoun vita di tutti i giorninoun |
for life (for the rest of a person's life) preposition [UK: fɔː(r) laɪf] [US: ˈfɔːr ˈlaɪf] | a vitapreposition |
fossiliferous (containing fossils) adjective [UK: ˌfɑː.sə.ˈlɪ.fə.rəs] [US: ˌfɑː.sə.ˈlɪ.fə.rəs] | fossiliferoadjective |
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (more worthwhile to teach someone than do it for them) phrase | |
half-life (time in physics) noun [UK: hɑːf laɪf] [US: ˈhæf ˈlaɪf] | emivitanoun semivitanoun |