ADJ
- intelligent
- Is there intelligent life on other planets?
- animal, bird, human, insect, marine, plant
VERB + LIFE
- lose
- He lost his life in an air crash
- bring sb back to, restore sb to
- cling to, fight for
- She clung to life for several weeks
- risk
- She risked her life for the sake of the children
- save
- a drug that will save lives
- spare
- She begged the soldiers to spare her son's life
- give, lay down, sacrifice
- claim, cost, end, take
- The crash claimed 43 lives. His foolishness almost cost him his life. She took her own life
- start (figurative)
- The restaurant started life as a cinema
LIFE + VERB
- be lost
- No lives were lost in the accident
PHRASES
- an attempt on sb's life
- There have been three attempts on the president's life
- in fear for/of your life
- Witnesses are living in fear for their life after giving evidence against the gang
- life after death
- Do you believe in life after death?
- loss of life
- The plane crashed with heavy loss of life
- a matter of life and death (figurative)
- These talks are a matter of life and death for the factory
- the right to life
- anti-abortionists campaigning for the right to life
- signs of life
- The driver showed no signs of life
ADJ
- long, short
- entire, whole
- early
- adult
- later
- In later life he took up writing
- past, previous
- He never discussed the unhappinesses of his past life. I think I may have been an animal in a previous life
- future, next
- working
- He was a miner all his working life
VERB + LIFE
- go through, live, spend
- She went through life always wanting what she couldn't get. He spent his whole life in Cornwall
- end
- He ended his life a happy man
- shorten
- prolong
- dedicate, devote
- He devoted his life to the education of deaf children
LIFE + NOUN
- history, story
- membership
- imprisonment, sentence
- expectancy, span (also lifespan)
- Japanese people have a very high life expectancy. the lifespan of a mouse
PREP
- for ~
- She thought marriage should be for life
- in your ~
- for the first time in her life
- throughout your ~
- Throughout her life she was dogged by loneliness
PHRASES
- all your life
- I've known her all my life
- at sb's time of life
- At his time of life he should be starting to take things easy
- the end of your life
- Her paintings became more obscure towards the end of her life
- late in life
- She discovered jazz quite late in life
- the … of your life
- I had the fright of my life when I saw the snake in my bed. He met the love of his life at college
- a phase/stage in/of (your) life
- She sensed she was entering a new phase in her life
- the prime of life
- You're still in the prime of life
- the remainder/rest of your life
- He'll be haunted by the crash for the rest of his life
ADJ
- daily, day-to-day, everyday
- real
- a real-life drama
- modern
- personal, private
- She did not tolerate press intrusion into her private life
- inner
- Only his wife had access to his inner life
- family, married
- social
- love, sex
- public
- His fame was so sudden that he was unprepared for public life
- academic, business, cultural, economic, intellectual, political, professional, school
- night (also nightlife)
- What's the nightlife like in the town?
- city, village, etc.
VERB + LIFE
- build, rebuild
- He built his whole life around his children. She is still reb
PHRASES
- an attitude to life, an outlook on life, a philosophy/view of life
- I've always had a fairly optimistic outlook on life
- a love of life
- He always had a great love of life
- a man/woman in your life
- There has only been one woman in his life
- see sth of life
- I wanted to see something of life before I settled down
- the … side of life
- His time in London was his first glimpse of the seamier side of life
- want sth from/in/out of life
- They both seem to want the same things out of life
ADJ
- good, happy
- lonely, miserable, sad, unhappy
- hard
- easy
- active, busy, hectic
- exciting
- full
- peaceful, quiet
- normal, ordinary
- healthy
- sheltered
- double
- He had been leading a double life, married to two women
VERB + LIFE
- have, lead, live
- She leads a busy social life
- enjoy
- change
- Learning meditation changed her life
- dominate, take over
- He never let his work dominate his life
- ruin
- He ruined his life through drinking
PHRASES
- build/make/start a new life
- They went to Australia to start a new life
- enjoy/live life to the full
- He always believed in living life to the full
- the high life
- enjoying the high life in the smartest hotels and restaurants of New York
- live a life of …
- They're living a life of luxury in the Bahamas
- a/the pace of life
- The pace of life is much gentler on the island
- the quality of life
- He gave up his high-flying job and now enjoys a better quality of life
- a way of life
- She loved the Spanish way of life and immediately felt at home there
VERB + LIFE
- come to
- The city only comes to life at night
- breathe, bring sth to, inject
- They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company
- burst/hum/teem with
- a child bursting with life
PHRASES
- full of life
- It's nice to see an old man still so full of life