A black man - I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form or fashion you got to prove you're a man. But you want to keep the life-and-death situations down. I can get beat. But there's getting beat and there's getting stomped.
Joe Greene
Meaning of "life-and-death" in the English dictionary
The translations of life-and-death from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life-and-death» in English.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIFE-AND-DEATH» OVER TIME
The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «life-and-death» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «life-and-death» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.
Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about life-and-death
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4 QUOTES WITH «LIFE-AND-DEATH»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word life-and-death.
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Joe Greene
A black man - I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form or fashion you got to prove you're a man. But you want to keep the life-and-death situations down. I can get beat. But there's getting beat and there's getting stomped.
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Ross MacDonald
I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems in contemporary society. And the form of Wilkie Collins and Graham Greene, of Hammett and Chandler, seemed to offer me all the rope I would ever need.
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Barbara Olson
In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.
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Morihei Ueshiba
When life is victorious, there is birth; when it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE-AND-DEATH»
Discover the use of life-and-death in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life-and-death and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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LifeandDeath in Shanghai
Even in English, the keenness of her thought and expression is such that it constitutes some form of martial art, enabling her time and again to absorb the force of her interrogators' logic and turn it to her own advantage." —Christopher ...
Cheng Nien, 2010
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Healing into LifeandDeath
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Stephen Levine, 2010
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The LifeandDeath of Democracy
A provocative history of world democracy chronicles the practices of the ancient Myceans through the manifestations of democracy in today's world while considering such notions as the origins of democracy and whether or not the western ...
John Keane, 2009
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic ...
"What is it I hope for from this book?
Sogyal Rinpoche, 2009
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Secrets of LifeandDeath: Women and the Mafia
Secrets of Life and Death is the first book to focus on women whose lives are entangled in the workings of the mafia.
Renate Siebert, 1996
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Penetrating analysis of the functions and organization of city neighborhoods, the forces of deterioration and regeneration, and the necessary planning innovations
Jane Jacobs, 1961
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A LifeandDeath Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty
"This is the best account I have ever read of how a jury decides whether to impose a death sentence. We see the case from the jurors' multiple and sometimes inconsistent points of view.
Scott E. Sundby, 2007
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LifeandDeath
Divided into three sections, a collection of the author's poems examines his life in Florida, reflects on age and its effects, and offers three collaborative works with the painter Francesco Clemente
Robert Creeley, 1998
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LifeandDeath on Mt. Everest: Sherpas and Himalayan ...
This book is a must read for any student of Tibet and the history of the interactions of Westerners and Tibetan peoples.
Sherry B. Ortner, 2001
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The LifeandDeath of Stars
In an illustrated, accessible text, the author explains the life cycle of stars, from dense molecular clouds to the enigmatic nebulae some stars leave behind in their violent ends.
Kenneth R. Lang, 2013
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE-AND-DEATH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term life-and-death is used in the context of the following news items.
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In capital-punishment cases, a life-and-death struggle to get it right …
An October 2014 file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. (Photo by ... «LA Daily News, Jul 15»
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Experts: Egypt in life-and-death struggle, though regime is stable
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is in a life-and-death struggle as a Sinai-based Islamist insurgency rages but the regime is not about to ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Mother rabbit turns tables on snake in savage life-and-death battle
Mother rabbit turns tables on snake in savage life-and-death battle. June 24, 2015: A mother rabbit has defended her young, setting upon their ... «9news.com.au, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Life-And-Death [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/life-and-death>. Apr 2024 ».
