living

vivo, vivente

Che non è morto e continua a vivere.

In inglese semplice: Alive, rather than dead.

• Plants are living things.
• The doctor examined the living tissue.
• Every living creature needs a suitable place to survive.

Sinonimi: alive

Contrari: dead

Espressioni comuni: living things, living tissue, living creature, living person

vivo, vivente

Che esiste ancora oggi o continua a essere usato o praticato.

In inglese semplice: Still used, practised, or present today, rather than belonging only to the past.

• It is a living tradition.
• Welsh remains a living language in many communities.
• Nobody in living memory has seen the river this low.

Sinonimi: current, surviving

Contrari: extinct

Espressioni comuni: living language, living tradition, living memory

sostentamento

Lavoro o entrate che permettono di pagare ciò che serve per vivere.

In inglese semplice: The work or income that pays for the things you need.

• What do you do for a living?
• She makes a living selling flowers.
• He earned a good living as a builder.

Come si usa: do something for a living (She repairs bicycles for a living.); earn a living by doing something (He earns a living by teaching music.)

Sinonimi: livelihood

Espressioni comuni: earn a living, for a living, make a living, decent living

vivi, viventi

Le persone ancora in vita, considerate nel loro insieme.

In inglese semplice: People who are alive, considered together as a group.

• We must care for the living.
• The dead remain in the memories of the living.
• The rescue team searched for signs of the living.

Come si usa: the living (The memorial gives the living a place to remember.)

Sinonimi: quick

Contrari: the dead

Espressioni comuni: the living, among the living