living
noun/ˈlɪvɪŋ/
Слово англійською: living
Переклад living українською: харчування, спосіб життя, засоби для існування
Детальний опис
- [countable, usually singular] money to buy the things that you need in life
- She earns her living as a freelance journalist.
- to make a decent/good/meagre living
- for a living What do you do for a living?
- She had to drop out of college to work for a living.
- to scrape a living from part-time tutoring
- His father struggled to make a living by farming.
- It is possible to make a living out of writing.
- [uncountable] a way or style of life
- the pressures of daily living
- The aim was to educate children and parents on tooth care and healthy living.
- Most care homes are based on communal living, with residents spending the daytime in a shared space.
- Josh favours fitness and clean living.
- He has got used to the Western way of living.
- poor living conditions/standards
- We need to reconsider our daily living arrangements.
- The classes are about helping children make informed choices about healthy living.
- everyday living
- the living[plural] people who are alive now
- the living and the dead
- [countable] (British English) (especially in the past) a position in the Church as a priest and the income and house that go with this synonym benefice
Idioms
in the land of the living
- (often humorous) alive; not sleeping; no longer ill
- I’m glad to see you’re back in the land of the living. We were worried about you.
- By lunchtime I’d returned to the land of the living.