life

vie

L'état qui permet aux humains, animaux et plantes de grandir, de fonctionner et de rester vivants.

En anglais simple : The state that lets people, animals, and plants grow, function, and stay alive.

• Plants need water to support life.
• Scientists found no signs of life on the planet.
• The forest is full of animal life.

Contraires : death

Expressions courantes : signs of life, life on earth, plant life, human life

vie, existence

Le temps pendant lequel une personne ou un être vivant vit, de sa naissance à sa mort.

En anglais simple : The time someone or something is alive, from birth until death.

• He lived a long life.
• She spent her whole life near the sea.
• Their lives changed when they moved abroad.

Synonymes : lifetime, lifespan

Expressions courantes : whole life, long life, someone’s life

vie, existence

Le fait d'exister ou d'être actif, même pour des choses qui ne sont pas vivantes.

En anglais simple : The state of existing or being active, including for things that are not alive.

• The project gained new life.
• The festival brought the town back to life.
• The old machine came to life with a loud hum.

Comment l'utiliser : bring something back to life (The investment brought the factory back to life.); come to life (The empty square came to life after sunset.)

Synonymes : existence, activity

Expressions courantes : come to life, back to life, new life

vie, tout

Une personne ou une activité qui compte plus que tout pour quelqu'un.

En anglais simple : A person or activity that matters more to someone than anything else.

• Music is his life.
• Her children are her whole life.
• The farm had been his life for forty years.

Comment l'utiliser : someone/something + be + someone’s life (For her, music is her life.)

Synonymes : everything

Expressions courantes : someone’s whole life, someone’s life