Betydning av live på norsk

• 0 to be or stay alive

  • My great-grandfather lived when there were few cars around. Oldefaren min levde da det var få biler rundt omkring.

  • They were not sure if she would live or not. De var ikke sikre på om hun ville overleve eller ei.

• 1 to have your home somewhere

  • Where do you live? Hvor bor du?

  • We’ve lived in Germany for three years. Vi har bodd i Tyskland i tre år.

  • She lives at 32 Laurel Road. Hun bor i Laurel Road 32.

  • Do you live in a house or an apartment? Bor du i hus eller leilighet?

• 2 to have a particular type of life

  • We live a simple life. Vi lever et enkelt liv.

  • The villagers live in fear of rebel attacks. Landsbyboerne lever i frykt for angrep fra opprørere.

  • to live in comfort/poverty/peace å leve i komfort/fattigdom/fred

• 3 indicates you can accept sth you do not like very much

  • I can live with the noise, but not the smell. Jeg kan leve med bråket, men ikke lukten.

• 4 living, not dead

  • a live mouse en levende mus

• 5 having electricity running through

  • a live wire en strømførende ledning

• 6 (of a TV or radio show) being broadcast and seen or heard at the same time

  • a live talk show et direktesendt prateprogram

• 7 (of a concert, performance, etc.) performed in front of an audience

  • a live performance en live-forestilling

• 8 (of ammunition, bullets, etc.) real and able to explode

  • live ammunition skarp ammunisjon

• 9 at the same time as being seen or heard

  • We’re broadcasting live from Times Square. Vi sender direkte fra Times Square.

• 10 in front of an audience, not recorded

  • She would be singing live to a huge audience. Hun ville synge live fremfor et digert publikum.

• 11 to have life; to be alive

  • a threat to virtually everything that lives on the planet.

• 12 to survive

  • The doctors say he is very ill, but they think he will live.

  • It was difficult to believe that she had lived through such an experience.

• 13 to have one’s home or dwelling (in a particular place)

  • She lives next to the church.

  • They went to live in Bristol / in a huge house.

• 14 to pass (one’s life)

  • He lived a life of luxury.

  • She lives in fear of being attacked.

• 15 (with by) to make enough money etc to feed and house oneself

  • He lives by fishing.

• 16 having life; not dead

  • a live mouse.

• 17 (of a radio or television broadcast etc) heard or seen as the event takes place; not recorded

  • I watched a live performance of my favourite opera on television

  • Was the performance live or recorded?

• 18 full of energy, and capable of becoming active

  • a live bomb

• 19 burning

  • a live coal.

• 20 (of a radio or television broadcast etc) as the event takes place

  • The competition will be broadcast live.