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{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle High German leben, from Old High German lebēn. Related to the verb leben.",
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"source": "declension",
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"word": "Menschenleben"
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"word": "Überleben"
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"word": "ums Leben kommen"
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"text": "Die Kunst des Lebens",
"type": "example"
}
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"english": "Life is not dependent on mental consciousness.",
"text": "Das Leben ist nicht an das geistige Bewusstsein gebunden.",
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"english": "Earth is full of life.",
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}
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"text": "Das Leben beginnt mit der Geburt und endet mit dem Tod.",
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},
{
"english": "I have never done such a thing in my life.",
"text": "Sowas habe ich mein Leben lang noch nicht getan.",
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{
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"english": "Not everyone who breathes is really alive.",
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{
"english": "quality of life",
"text": "Lebensstandard",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a comfortable life",
"text": "ein angenehmes Leben",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a Christian life",
"text": "ein christliches Leben",
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}
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"english": "The life of Edelgard.",
"text": "Das Leben der Edelgard.",
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{
"english": "There are many ups and downs in his biography.",
"text": "Sein Leben weist viele Höhen und Tiefen auf.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "This is a book about the lives of famous musicians.",
"text": "Das ist ein Buch vom Leben berühmter Musiker.",
"type": "example"
}
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"english": "Mrs Schmidt has built up an admirable life in all these years.",
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"english": "She is my one and only, my life!",
"text": "Sie ist mein Ein und Alles, mein Leben!",
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"english": "You only have three lives left.",
"text": "Du hast nur noch drei Leben übrig.",
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}
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