oxford_learners_dictionaries 0.1 → 0.1.1
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- checksums.yaml +4 -4
- data/README.md +6 -5
- data/Rakefile +1 -1
- data/lib/oxford_learners_dictionaries/english.rb +17 -32
- data/lib/oxford_learners_dictionaries/version.rb +1 -1
- data/oxford_learners_dictionaries.gemspec +1 -0
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- data/spec/oxford_learners_dictionaries/english_spec.rb +11 -0
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<div id="entryContent"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="entry" id="live_1" hm="1"><ol class="h-g" id="live_1__1"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="live_1__2">
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<a class="oxford3000" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a><span class="z"> </span><h2 class="h">live<span class="hm">1</span></h2><span class="z"> </span><span class="pos">verb</span><!-- End of DIV webtop-g--></div><span class="pos-g" id="live_1__9"><span class="pos" id="live_1__10">verb</span></span><div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="live_1__11" careful="y" psg="ald8_live_hm1_prongs_1" resource="phonetics" source="ald8"><span class="pron-g" id="live_1__12" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">BrE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__13"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/liv/live_/live__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/liv/live_/live__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio--></div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="live_1__14" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">NAmE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__15"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/liv/live_/live__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/liv/live_/live__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio--></div></span><!-- End of DIV pron-gs ei-g--></div><span class="collapse" title="Verb Forms"><span class="unbox" id="live_1__16" unbox="verbforms"><span class="heading">Verb Forms</span><span class="body"><span class="vp-g" form="root" id="live_1__17"><span class="vp" id="live_1__18"> <span class="prefix">present simple I / you / we / they</span> live</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" psg="ald8_live_hm1_prongs_1" verbform="y" source="ald8" eid="live_1__19" careful="y" resource="phonetics"><span class="pron-g" id="live_1__20" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">BrE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__21"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/liv/live_/live__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/liv/live_/live__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio--></div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="live_1__22" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">NAmE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__23"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪv<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/liv/live_/live__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/liv/live_/live__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio--></div></span><!-- End of DIV pron-gs ei-g--></div></span><span class="vp-g" form="thirdps" id="live_1__24"><span class="vp" id="live_1__25"> <span class="prefix">he / she / it</span> lives</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" psg="ald8_live_hm1_prongs_3" verbform="y" source="ald8" eid="live_1__26" careful="y" resource="phonetics"><span class="pron-g" id="live_1__27" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">BrE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__28"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvz<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/liv/lives/lives__gb_2.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/liv/lives/lives__gb_2.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio--></div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="live_1__29" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">NAmE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__30"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvz<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/liv/lives/lives__us_2.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/liv/lives/lives__us_2.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio--></div></span><!-- End of DIV pron-gs ei-g--></div></span><span class="vp-g" form="past" id="live_1__31"><span class="vp" id="live_1__32"> <span class="prefix">past simple</span> lived</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="live_1__33" psg="ald8_live_hm1_prongs_4" resource="phonetics" verbform="y" source="ald8"><span class="pron-g" id="live_1__34" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">BrE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__35"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/liv/lived/lived__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/liv/lived/lived__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio--></div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="live_1__36" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">NAmE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__37"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron/l/liv/lived/lived__us_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/us_pron_ogg/l/liv/lived/lived__us_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation American" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio--></div></span><!-- End of DIV pron-gs ei-g--></div></span><span class="vp-g" form="pastpart" id="live_1__38"><span class="vp" id="live_1__39"> <span class="prefix">past participle</span> lived</span> <div class="pron-gs ei-g" eid="live_1__40" psg="ald8_live_hm1_prongs_4" resource="phonetics" verbform="y" source="ald8"><span class="pron-g" id="live_1__41" geo="br" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">BrE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__42"><span class="bre">BrE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio" data-src-mp3="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron/l/liv/lived/lived__gb_1.mp3" data-src-ogg="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/media/english/uk_pron_ogg/l/liv/lived/lived__gb_1.ogg" title=" pronunciation English" style="cursor: pointer" valign="top"> <!-- End of DIV sound audio_play_button pron-uk icon-audio--></div></span><span class="sep">;</span> <span class="pron-g" id="live_1__43" geo="n_am" trans="ald8"><span class="prefix">NAmE</span> <span class="phon" eid="live_1__44"><span class="name">NAmE</span><span class="separator">/</span><span class="wrap">/</span>lɪvd<span class="wrap">/</span><span class="separator">/</span></span><div class="sound audio_play_button pron-us icon-audio" 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<a class="oxford3000" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/wordlist/english/oxford3000/"> </a></span><span class="gram-g" id="live_1__133"><span class="wrap">[</span><span class="gram" id="live_1__134" gram="i">intransitive</span><span class="sep">,</span> <span class="gram" id="live_1__135" gram="t">transitive</span><span class="wrap">]</span></span> <span class="def" id="live_1__136">to spend your life in a particular way</span><span class="x-gs" id="live_1__137"><span class="x-g" id="live_1__138"> <span class="rx-g" id="live_1__139" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="live_1__140">He lived in poverty most of his life.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="live_1__143"> <span class="cf" id="live_1__144"><span class="exp" id="live_1__145">live</span> something</span> <span class="rx-g" id="live_1__146" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="live_1__147">She lived a very peaceful life.</span></span></span><span class="x-g" id="live_1__150"> <span class="x" id="live_1__151">They lived their lives to the full.</span></span><span class="x-g" id="live_1__152"> <span class="cf" id="live_1__153">+ noun</span> <span class="rx-g" id="live_1__154" resource="recx" source="ald9"><span class="x" id="live_1__155">She lived and died a single woman.</span></span></span></span></li></span><span class="sn-gs" id="live_1__158"> <span class="shcut" id="live_1__159">be remembered</span><li class="sn-g" id="live_1__160" ox3000="y"><span class="num">5 </span><span class="sym_first">
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<div id="entryContent"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="entry" id="live_1"><div class="h-g" id="live_1__1"><div class="top-container"><div class="top-g" id="live_1__2"><span class="block-g" id="live_1__13"><span class="z"> </span></span><div class="core_block"><div class="webtop-g"><span class="z"> </span>
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src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">1</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="cf" id="live_1__22">+ adverb/preposition</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__23">to have your home in a particular place</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__24">to live in a house</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__25">Where do you live?</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__26">She needs to find <span class="cl"><strong>somewhere to live</strong></span>.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__28">We used to live in London.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__29">Both her children still live at home.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_g">British English</span><span class="z">, </span><span class="z_r">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="x" id="live_1__32">Where do these plates live <span class="gl" id="live_1__33">(= where are they usually kept)</span>?</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV sd-g--></div><div class="sd-g" id="live_1__34"><span class="z"> </span><h3 class="sd">be alive</h3><span class="n-g" id="live_1__36" cefr="b1"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">2</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__38">to remain alive</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__39">The doctors said he only had six months to live.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__40">Spiders can live for several days without food.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="cf" id="live_1__41">live to do something</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="x" id="live_1__42">She lived to see her first grandchild.</span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__43" cefr="b1"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">3</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__45">to be alive, especially at a particular time</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__46">When did Handel live?</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__47">He's the greatest player who ever lived.</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV sd-g--></div><div class="sd-g" id="live_1__48"><span class="z"> </span><h3 class="sd">type of life</h3><span class="n-g" id="live_1__50" cefr="b1"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">4</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z">, </span><span class="z_gr">transitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__53">to spend your life in a particular way</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__54">He lived in poverty most of his life.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="cf" id="live_1__55">live something</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="x" id="live_1__56">She lived a very peaceful life.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__57">They lived their lives to the full.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="cf" id="live_1__58">+ noun</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="x" id="live_1__59">She lived and died a single woman.</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV sd-g--></div><div class="sd-g" id="live_1__60"><span class="z"> </span><h3 class="sd">be remembered</h3><span class="n-g" id="live_1__62"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">5</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__64">to continue to exist or be remembered</span><span class="xr-g" id="live_1__65"><span class="xr" id="live_1__66"><span class="z_xr"><div class="icon icon-synsym" title="Synonym">Synonym<!-- End of DIV icon icon-synsym--></div><span class="z"> </span></span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/remain" title="remain definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__67"><span class="z_xh_eb">remain</span></span></a></span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__68">This moment will live in our memory for many years to come.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__69">Her words have lived with me all my life.</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV sd-g--></div><div class="sd-g" id="live_1__70"><span class="z"> </span><h3 class="sd">have excitement</h3><span class="n-g" id="live_1__72"><span class="z_n">6</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_gr_br">[</span><span class="z_gr">intransitive</span><span class="z_gr_br">]</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__74">to have a full and exciting life</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__75">I don't want to be stuck in an office all my life—I want to live!</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV sd-g--></div><span class="ids-g" id="live_1__76"><span class="idsym-g"><div class="icon icon-idsym" title="Idioms"><strong>Idioms</strong><!-- End of DIV icon icon-idsym--></div></span><div class="id-g" id="live_1__77"><h4 class="id">live and breathe something</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__79">to be very enthusiastic about something</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__80">He just lives and breathes football.</span></span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__81"><h4 class="id">live and let live</h4><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r">saying</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="ud" id="live_1__84">used to say that you should accept other people's opinions and behaviour even though they are different from your own</span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__85"><h4 class="id">live by your wits</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__87">to earn money by clever or sometimes dishonest means</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__88"><h4 class="id">live (from) hand to mouth</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__90">to spend all the money you earn on basic needs such as food without being able to save any money</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__91"><h4 class="id">live in the past</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__93">to behave as though society, etc. has not changed, when in fact it has</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__94"><h4 class="id">live in sin</h4><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r">old-fashioned</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="cm" id="live_1__97">or</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z_r">humorous</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d" id="live_1__99">to live together and have a sexual relationship without being married</span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__100"><h4 class="id">live it up</h4><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r">informal</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d" id="live_1__103">to enjoy yourself in an exciting way, usually spending a lot of money</span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__104"><h4 class="id">live a lie</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__106">to keep something important about yourself a secret from other people, so that they do not know what you really think, what you are really like, etc.</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__107"><h4 class="id">live off the fat of the land</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__109">to have enough money to be able to afford expensive things, food, drink, etc.</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__110"><h4 class="id">live off the land</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="d" id="live_1__112">to eat whatever food you can grow, kill or find yourself</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__113"><h4 class="id">live to fight another day</h4><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r">saying</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="ud" id="live_1__116">used to say that although you have failed or had a bad experience, you will continue</span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__117"><h4 class="id">you haven't lived</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="ud" id="live_1__119">used to tell somebody that if they have not had a particular experience their life is not complete</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__120">You've never been to New York? You haven't lived!</span></span><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div><div class="id-g" id="live_1__121"><h4 class="id">you live and learn</h4><div class="def_block"><span class="ud" id="live_1__123">used to express surprise at something new or unexpected you have been told</span><!-- End of DIV def_block--></div><!-- End of DIV id-g--></div></span><span class="xr-g" id="live_1__124"><span class="xr" id="live_1__125"><span class="z_xr"> more at </span><span class="xw" id="live_1__126">be (living) on borrowed time</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/borrow" title="borrow definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__127">borrow</span></a></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__128"><span class="xw" id="live_1__129">be/live in clover</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/clover" title="clover definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__130">clover</span></a></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__131"><span class="xw" id="live_1__132">how the other half lives</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__133">half</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="xp" id="live_1__134">n.</span></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__135"><span class="xw" id="live_1__136">lead/live the life of Riley</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/life" title="life definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__137">life</span></a></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__138"><span class="xw" id="live_1__139">long live somebody/something</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__140">long</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="xp" id="live_1__141">adverb</span></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__142"><span class="xw" id="live_1__143">people (who live) in glass houses shouldn't throw stones</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__144">people</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="xp" id="live_1__145">n.</span></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__146"><span class="xw" id="live_1__147">be/live in each other's pockets</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__148">pocket</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="xp" id="live_1__149">n.</span></span><span class="z">, </span><span class="xr" id="live_1__150"><span class="xw" id="live_1__151">live/sleep rough</span><span class="z_xr"> at </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__152">rough</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="xp" id="live_1__153">adverb</span></span></span><span class="pvsym-g"><div class="icon icon-pvsym" title="Phrasal verbs"><strong>Phrasal verbs</strong><!-- End of DIV icon icon-pvsym--></div></span><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__154"><h4 class="pv">live by something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__156">to follow a particular belief or set of principles</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__157">That's a philosophy I could live by.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__158"><h4 class="pv">live by doing something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__160">to earn money or to get the things you need by doing a particular thing</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__161">a community that lives by fishing</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__162"><h4 class="pv">live something <img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/pvarr.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/> down</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__164">to be able to make people forget about something embarrassing you have done</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__165">She felt so stupid. She'd never be able to live it down.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__166"><h4 class="pv">live for somebody/something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__168">to think that somebody/something is the main purpose of or the most important thing in your life</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__169">She lives for her work.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__170">After his wife died, he had nothing to live for.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__171"><h4 class="pv">live in</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__173">to live at the place where you work or study</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__174">They have an au pair living in.</span></span><span class="xr-g" id="live_1__175"><span class="xr" id="live_1__176"><span class="z_xr"> see also </span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-in" title="live-in definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__177">live-in</span></a></span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__178"><h4 class="pv">live off somebody/something</h4><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_r"><span class="z_r_er">often</span> disapproving</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d" id="live_1__181">to receive the money you need to live from somebody/something because you do not have any yourself</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__182">She's still living off her parents.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__183">to live off welfare</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__184"><h4 class="pv">live off something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__186">to have one particular type of food as the main thing you eat in order to live</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__187">He seems to live off junk food.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__188"><h4 class="pv">live on</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__190">to continue to live or exist</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__191">She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__192">He lived on for fifteen years after his wife died.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__193"><h4 class="pv">live on something</h4><span class="n-g" id="live_1__195" cefr="b2"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">1</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__196">to eat a particular type of food to live</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__197">Small birds live mainly on insects.</span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__198"><span class="z_n">2</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="z">(</span><span class="z_r"><span class="z_r_er">often</span> disapproving</span><span class="z">) </span><span class="d" id="live_1__200">to eat only or a lot of a particular type of food</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__201">She lives on burgers.</span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__202" cefr="b2"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">3</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__203">to have enough money for the basic things you need to live</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__204">You can't live on forty pounds a week.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__205">My salary isn't enough for us to live on.</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__206"><h4 class="pv">live out</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__208">to live away from the place where you work or study</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__209">Some college students will have to live out.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__210"><h4 class="pv">live out something</h4><span class="n-g" id="live_1__212"><span class="z_n">1</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__213">to actually do what you have only thought about doing before</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__214">to live out your fantasies</span></span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__215"><span class="z_n">2</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__216">to spend the rest of your life in a particular way</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__217">He lived out his days alone.</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__218" cefr="c2"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><h4 class="pv">live through something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__220">to experience a disaster or other unpleasant situation and survive it</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__221">He has lived through two world wars.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__222"><h4 class="pv">live together</h4><span class="vs-g" id="live_1__224"><span class="z"> (</span><span class="z_vs-g">also</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="v"><strong>live with somebody</strong></span><span class="z">)</span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__226"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">1</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__227">to live in the same house</span></span><span class="n-g" id="live_1__228" cefr="b2"><img src="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/external/images/coresym2.gif?version=1.1.28" title="" alt="" class="icon"/><span class="z_n">2</span><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__229">to share a home and have a sexual relationship without being married</span><span class="xr-g" id="live_1__230"><span class="xr" id="live_1__231"><span class="z_xr"><div class="icon icon-synsym" title="Synonym">Synonym<!-- End of DIV icon icon-synsym--></div><span class="z"> </span></span><a class="Ref" href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/cohabit" title="cohabit definition"><span class="xh" id="live_1__232"><span class="z_xh_eb">cohabit</span></span></a></span></span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__233"><h4 class="pv">live up to something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__235">to do as well as or be as good as other people expect you to</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__236">He failed to live up to his parents' expectations.</span></span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__237">The team called ‘The No-Hopers’ certainly lived up to its name.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__238"><h4 class="pv">live with somebody</h4><span class="xr-g" id="live_1__240"><span class="xr" id="live_1__241"><span class="z_xr"> = </span><span class="xh" id="live_1__242">live together</span></span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><div class="pv-g" id="live_1__243"><h4 class="pv">live with something</h4><span class="z"> </span><span class="d" id="live_1__245">to accept something unpleasant</span><span class="x-g"><span class="x" id="live_1__246">I just had to learn to live with the pain.</span></span><!-- End of DIV pv-g--></div><!-- End of DIV h-g--></div><!-- End of DIV entry--></div>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-down" title="live down definition"><span class='arl5'>live down <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-with" title="live with definition"><span class='arl5'>live with <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-aid" title="Live Aid definition"><span class='arl6'>Live Aid</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-down" title="Definition of live down in English"><span class='arl5'>live down <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-through" title="Definition of live through in English"><span class='arl5'>live through <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-together" title="Definition of live together in English"><span class='arl5'>live together <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-up-to" title="Definition of live up to in English"><span class='arl5'>live up to <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live-by-doing" title="Definition of live by doing in English"><span class='arl5'>live by doing <pos/></span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live_3#live_3__26" title="Definition of go ˈlive in English"><span class='arl8'>go ˈlive</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lie_4#lie_4__88" title="Definition of live a ˈlie in English"><span class='arl8'>live a ˈlie</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live_2#live_2__184" title="Definition of a live ˈwire in English"><span class='arl8'>a live ˈwire</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/land_1#land_1__643" title="Definition of live off the ˈland in English"><span class='arl8'>live off the ˈland</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/learn#learn__373" title="Definition of you live and ˈlearn in English"><span class='arl8'>you live and ˈlearn</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/breathe#breathe__241" title="Definition of ˌlive and ˈbreathe something in English"><span class='arl8'>ˌlive and ˈbreathe something</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/day#day__737" title="Definition of ˌlive to fight another ˈday in English"><span class='arl8'>ˌlive to fight another ˈday</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hand_1#hand_1__1434" title="Definition of live (from) ˌhand to ˈmouth in English"><span class='arl8'>live (from) ˌhand to ˈmouth</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lead_1#lead_1__498" title="Definition of lead/live the life of ˈRiley in English"><span class='arl8'>lead/live the life of ˈRiley</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/tale#tale__112" title="Definition of ˌlive, etc. to ˌtell the ˈtale in English"><span class='arl8'>ˌlive, etc. to ˌtell the ˈtale</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fat_2#fat_2__263" title="Definition of live off the fat of the ˈland in English"><span class='arl8'>live off the fat of the ˈland</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/world#world__549" title="Definition of (be/live) in a world of your ˈown in English"><span class='arl8'>(be/live) in a world of your ˈown</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/glass_1#glass_1__244" title="Definition of people (who live) in glass houses shouldn’t throw ˈstones in English"><span class='arl8'>people (who live) in glass houses shouldn’t throw ˈstones</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/live_2" title="Definition of live adjective in English"><DATA class="hwd">live <pos>adjective</pos></DATA></a>
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