Unit 3: English In A Minute
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Session 36
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Different meanings of 'live'
Phil demonstrates the different meanings of 'live'
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Let's learn live.
Live is a verb, and it can just mean 'to be alive' – but it's a bit more complicated than that.
It can say where our home is...
- I live in London.
- I used to live in Paraguay.
If we live off, or live on something, it means we support ourselves to stay alive...
- That salary is not enough to live off!
- I can't cook so I live on ready meals.
If we live for something, then it's really important to us.
- I live for my family
- I live for the weekend, I love to party!
Live can also mean having a life full of experiences...
- I need to live, not just work every day in a boring job.
The word live is about how we spend our lives – if you live for learning English we can help – it's what we live off!
Live
Live is a verb, and it can just mean 'to be alive' – but it's a bit more complicated than that.
It can say where our home is...
- I live in London.
- I used to live in Paraguay.
If we live off, or live on something, it means we support ourselves to stay alive...
- That salary is not enough to live off!
- I can't cook so I live on ready meals.
If we live for something, then we're talking about something that is veryit's really important to us..
- I live for my family.
- I live for the weekend, I love to party!
Live can also mean having a life full of experiences...
- You need to live a little before you can write a book!
- I need to live, not just work every day in a boring job .
- I didn't really start living until I left home.
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