live

habiter, vivre, résider

Avoir son logement dans un certain endroit.

En anglais simple : To have your home in a particular place.

• I live in Ankara.
• We lived near the station last year.
• Who do you live with?

Comment l'utiliser : live in + place (She lives in a small village.); live at + address (He lives at 12 River Road.); live with someone (I live with my sister.)

Synonymes : reside, dwell

Expressions courantes : live in London, live with someone, live at home

vivre

Être en vie ou rester en vie pendant un certain temps.

En anglais simple : To be alive, or remain alive for a period of time.

• Some trees live for centuries.
• My uncle lived to be ninety.
• Can this fish live without water?

Comment l'utiliser : live to be + age (My grandmother lived to be ninety-five.); live for + period of time (These insects live for only a few days.)

Synonymes : survive

Contraires : die

Expressions courantes : live longer, live to ninety, live for years

supporter, s’accommoder

Accepter une situation difficile et continuer à vivre malgré elle.

En anglais simple : To accept a difficult situation and continue your normal life despite it.

• I can live with that decision.
• We learned to live with the pain.
• Could you live without your phone for a week?

Comment l'utiliser : live with something (We have learned to live with the noise.); live without someone/something (She cannot live without her daily walk.)

Synonymes : cope, manage

Expressions courantes : live with something, live without something

survivre, perdurer

Rester dans les mémoires ou continuer à avoir un effet après la disparition d’une personne ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : To remain remembered or continue to have an effect after someone or something is gone.

• Her memory lives on.
• His spirit lives in the songs he wrote.
• The old tradition still lives through these annual celebrations.

Comment l'utiliser : live on (Her ideas live on in her students.); live in something (His memory lives in our hearts.); live through something (The tradition lives through their music.)

Synonymes : endure, persist, survive

Contraires : fade

Expressions courantes : live on, live in memory, live through something

se trouver, se ranger

Pour un objet, être habituellement gardé ou rangé dans un certain endroit.

En anglais simple : To normally be kept in a particular place.

• The keys live in this drawer.
• Where does the bottle opener live?
• Those tools used to live in the garage.

Comment l'utiliser : live in + storage place (The scissors live in this drawer.); live on + surface (The large plates live on the top shelf.)

Synonymes : belong, be kept

Expressions courantes : live in something, live on something

en direct

Diffusé à la télévision, à la radio ou sur Internet au moment même où l’événement se produit.

En anglais simple : Shown or heard on television, radio, or online at the same time as the event happens.

• We watched a live broadcast.
• The channel provided live coverage of the election.
• Was that interview live or recorded?

Synonymes : real-time

Contraires : recorded

Expressions courantes : live broadcast, live coverage, live news

vivant

Qui est en vie, surtout en parlant d’animaux ou de plantes.

En anglais simple : Alive rather than dead, especially when describing animals or plants.

• The box contains live insects.
• They sell live fish at the market.
• He used a live worm as bait.

Synonymes : living, alive

Contraires : dead

Expressions courantes : live animals, live fish, live bait

sous tension

Qui porte du courant électrique et peut provoquer une décharge si on le touche.

En anglais simple : Carrying electricity, which may give someone a shock if touched.

• Do not touch the live wire.
• The damaged cable was still live.
• An electrician checked which circuits were live.

Synonymes : energized

Contraires : dead

Expressions courantes : live wire, live cable, live circuit