Not a matter of life and death (a)
Note: all the uses of the verb ‘live‘ below use versions which rhyme with ‘give’.
Life is the noun and rhymes with ‘wife’ or ‘knife’.
1. [Match]
Can you link the definitions with these examples of using ‘life’ and ‘death’?
Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. – phrasal verb – be as good as (correct)
- 2. He waited until the shouting had died down a bit and then tried again. (correct)
- 3. – informal – you are very much enjoying the situation you are in (correct)
- 4. They don’t seem to have made many friends – they just live in each other’s pockets. (correct)
- 5. so ill someone might die (correct)
- 6. My fridge has just died (on me). (correct)
- 7. people should accept how other people live and behave, even if or especially if they do things in a different way (correct)
- 8. “Is Mandy up yet?” “I doubt it – she was dead to the world ten minutes ago.” (correct)
- 9. something is a real passion or extremely important to someone
(correct) - 10. I can’t say I ever actually liked the job, but I learned to live with it.
(correct) - 11. pretend you do not know someone, for example in order to show you are angry (correct)
- 12. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. (correct)