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life

Pronunciation: /laɪf/

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French translation of life

n

  • 1 (gen) vie (f) that's life! = c'est la vie! the first time in my life = la première fois de ma vie a job for life = un emploi à vie a friend for life = un ami pour la vie for the rest of one's life = pour le restant de ses jours full of life = plein/-e de vie to come to life [shy person] = sortir de sa réserve; [fictional character] = prendre vie; [party] = s'animer
  • 3 [Law] to serve life = être emprisonné/-e à vie to sentence sb to life = condamner qn à perpétuité

Idioms

to have the time of one's life

s'amuser comme un fou/une folle

life in other Oxford dictionaries

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