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  1. Still lifes versus still lives? - WordReference Forums

    Apr 16, 2011 · In the noun "still life" life is not use in the sense that has a plural (as in "people's lives") but means "something that has life" or "a form of life" (e.g. "bacteria are a lower form of life"). In this …

  2. lifes/lives - WordReference Forums

    Jan 31, 2007 · Is it that clear? I agree that "still lifes" is the correct form, but I can't help but think it still gives one pause before actually deciding on which one is correct (like the mouse-mice quandry). The …

  3. living vs alive - WordReference Forums

    Apr 2, 2011 · Hi. "alive" is the exact opposite of "dead." If you saw someone horribly injured to the point where you assumed they had died, but saw a doctor over the prone body checking for life signs, you …

  4. Immagini ambientate - WordReference Forums

    Jan 27, 2010 · Buongiorno, come posso tradurre in inglese l'espressione "immagini ambientate" (in contrapposizione a immagini still life)? Grazie per l'aiuto.

  5. As the hacking trial concludes, ... | WordReference Forums

    Aug 13, 2019 · As the hacking trial concludes – finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, …

  6. Present perfect + in my life - WordReference Forums

    Jul 30, 2015 · "In my life" is open-ended while you're still alive and I think it's a mistake (from the point of view of tenses) to see things in terms of whether or not you intend to carry on doing them.

  7. The term for an item that is not expired (so it still can be sold)?

    Jan 31, 2022 · I just asked my husband yesterday, " Are these eggs still good? " This was my thought. "Still good" can be something that is past its sell-by date but remains usable. A loaf of bread in the …

  8. have never seen vs never saw - WordReference Forums

    Feb 4, 2024 · Good day! Imagine having such a situation. You are staying in front of a UFO. What would you say: 1) I have never seen a UFO before. 2) I never saw a UFO before. Does the first one mean …

  9. I have <been living> <lived> here for twenty years

    Sep 12, 2021 · I have been learning English for twenty years. (I am still learning English, and I started learning English twenty years ago). But you cannot still be living in a house after you have moved.

  10. hometown & home | WordReference Forums

    May 19, 2007 · Does using "hometown" mean that I still consider the place my home? Not at all. Most US people move away from their hometown, once they are adults. If you grew up in one town, and …