Not a matter of life and death (b)
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 the examples of using ‘life’ and ‘death’ or ‘living’ and ‘dying’?
Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. something of extreme importance (correct)
- 2. Roger seems worried about his daughter and son-in-law – they just seem to be living the high life, and he has no idea where the money for it comes from. (correct)
- 3. – saying – said to emphasize that doing many different things, or frequently changing what you do, makes life interesting (correct)
- 4. Trying to grow our own vegetables has been a complete dead loss. (correct)
- 5. said to mean extremely bad at doing something (correct)
- 6. She’s not a very good sailor – she just sits there on the boat hanging on for dear life. (correct)
- 7. the embarrassment of having done something will not fade
(correct) - 8. He’s taking a degree in life sciences. I can’t remember which ones.
(correct) - 9. repeat something so often it becomes tedious (correct)
- 10. You need to budget your spending – it’s no good living beyond your means. (correct)
- 11. describes a person who lives in the home where they work
(correct) - 12. Never say die! (correct)