2015年10月6日 · Whereas, to say "He/she lived a good life" would mean that the person enjoyed their life in which they were happy (happy, healthy, successful, etc.). So "lead a good life" implies some moral judgement, whereas "live/lived a good life" implies only personal happiness/success.

2017年9月8日 · +1 My first thought too...although on reflection I think frugal strongly implies penny pinching, being sparing, buying cheap, etc - rather than simply having few possessions - that could well be expensive or even high-end luxury items (laptop, geodesic dome, etc). To my mind a frugal life is always simple, but a simple life isn't always frugal.

What I want is a meaning of this phrase, not said like "You have only one" but like "Life is just one" or "One has only one" if you know what I mean. Not saying to someone: "You have" but saying it like a general statement ("One have" or "There's a..."). Something like: One has only one life and it's not going to happen again (or repeat).

2017年3月14日 · After that happened George's life would never be the same; he'd reached a watershed. would especially make sense if the event "that happened" was not of George's choosing or possibly if George did not foresee the consequences. You could also say that [The thing that happened] was a watershed for George; afterward, his life would never be the same.

2013年12月3日 · Someone who persists in the face of any and all possible setbacks (short of the cessation of his life) is a plain "madman". Or a "robot", or a "machine". Or a "robot", or a "machine". (Someone who persists in the face of any and all possible setbacks *including* his death is a fictional figure such as a zombie or ghost.)

2015年5月31日 · Such person may at times risk his own life to save someone in danger. Of course other personality traits can lead someone to do that and most of the adjectives already mentioned can also be used. altruism (noun) - "unselfish concern for the welfare of others, behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its ...

2014年11月13日 · When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. 3. An Internet search will reveal that "(tempest)-tossed upon life's billows" has seen some use without becoming cliché.

2019年6月29日 · On one of the pages of "Oxford Word Skills", lead is used without any kind of preposition: "A passage is a long, narrow way with walls on both sides that leads somewhere..." On the same page, it has defined lead as follows: "If something leads to a place, you can go along it to that place." Why is lead sometimes used with to and

I found a set of examples where I expect led instead of lead. In recent years the rise in the crime rate has lead to increased concern on the part of both the police and the general public. While these are just a few examples the number of results on a Google search is impressively high: have lead to (8,850,000 hits) has lead to (22,000,000 hits)

2015年9月12日 · I don’t agree that lead implies that the dog is in the lead, rather than the holder of the lead, and the OED entry specifically says under the “something that leads” entry that this sense is a leash for leading a dog (not for a dog to lead you). Hounds and coursing dogs do indeed lead the hunter, in fact often so enthusiastically that ...