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PRONUNCIATION OF ON ONE'S DEATHBED

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON ONE'S DEATHBED

on one´s back
on one´s beam-ends
on one´s best behaviour
on one´s conscience
on one´s doorstep
on one´s feet
on one´s game
on one´s guard
on one´s hands
on one´s head
on one´s honour
on one´s lonesome
on one´s mettle
on one´s mind
on one´s own
on one´s own hook
on one´s own initiative
on one´s pat
on one´s plate
on one´s tod

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON ONE'S DEATHBED

abed
absorbed
barbed
bed
deathbed
disturbed
double bed
dubbed
embed
flatbed
go to bed
grabbed
hospital bed
prescribed
put to bed
ribbed
robbed
rubbed
stabbed
subbed

Synonyms and antonyms of on one's deathbed in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «on one's deathbed» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of on one's deathbed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

对一个人的临终
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el lecho de muerte de uno
570 millions of speakers

English

on one´s deathbed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक मृत्युशय्या पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

على فراش واحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

на своей смертном одре
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

no leito de morte de um
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এক মৃত্যুর উপর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sur un lit de mort de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada kematian seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auf der einen Sterbebett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自分の死の床について
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 임종 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing wayah wengi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trên giường bệnh của một người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒருவர் இறந்துவிட்டார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या मृत्यूची बातमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ölüm döşeğinde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

su di un letto di morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na swego łoża śmierci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

на своїй смертному одрі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe patul de moarte cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο νεκροκρέβατό του ατόμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op ´n mens se sterfbed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

på en dödsbädd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på den ene dødsleie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of on one's deathbed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ON ONE'S DEATHBED»

The term «on one's deathbed» is normally little used and occupies the 136.466 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ON ONE'S DEATHBED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on one's deathbed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON ONE'S DEATHBED»

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Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well
A corollary of the prevailing assumption regarding the certainty of life after death in the late Middle Ages was the belief that one's dispositions on one's deathbed were determinative of one's eternal fate.25 Satan was believed to visit the ...
Christopher P. Vogt, 2004
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The Workings of Kamma:
If one has habitually looked upon such objects with such unwise attention, it will be very difficult at death suddenly to reflect upon them with wise attention. One may also never have reflected on death. Then, on one's deathbed, one may worry ...
The Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw, 2012
3
Reforming the Art of Dying: The Ars Moriendi in the German ...
Instruction on the meaning of the Lord's Supper, and exhortation to find consolation in it on one's deathbed, is an innovation of the reformers. In the ars moriendi the caregiver is simply directed to ensure that the dying individual receive the ...
Austra Reinis, 2007
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Beyond Death Anxiety: Achieving Life-Affirming Death Awareness
Fears Related to Imagining Being on One's Deathbed Needless to say, the fear and horror associated with the contemplation or imagination of being on one's deathbed can be torturous for a feeling person. Anticipatory fears relate primarily to ...
Dr. Robert Firestone PhD, Dr. Joyce Catlett PhD, 2009
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Power Over the Body, Equality in the Family: Rights and ...
This tension between testamentary freedom, often exercised on one's deathbed, on the one hand, and the call of family responsibility, on the other, can be discerned in some early medieval legal texts. Thus a text found in Regino of Prim's ...
Charles J. Reid, 2004
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Comparing Religions Through Law: Judaism and Islam
While fteeing slaves when on one's deathbed is tecommended, it is mandated that one ptovide fot one's family thtough specified inhetitance shates (see Chaptet 7), a ptiot tesponsibility in Islamic law. Thetefote: Malik telated to me ftom Yahya ...
Jacob Neusner, Tamara Sonn, 1999
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The Culture of Confession from Augustine to Foucault: A ...
Quite understandably, given that the reconciliation received on one's deathbed was for all practical purposes equivalent to that received through penitential exercises and exomologesis, it quickly became common for most Christians who had ...
Chloe Taylor, 2010
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English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
deathbed to be on one's deathbed Sterbebett: auf dem Sterbebett liegen to confides.th. to s.o./to confidein s.o./totells.o. a secret/...on one's deathbed Sterbebett:auf dem Sterbebett jm.anvertrauen/... Totenbett:aufdem Totenbett jm.
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
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Living Christianly: Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Christian ...
In Works of Love Kierkegaard likens the second danger of Christian self-denial to being on one's deathbed and suggests that the Christian must live in the world as a deceased person (133). In For Self-Examination he continues this line of ...
Sylvia Walsh, 2007
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
I at death's door, on one's deathbed, with one foot in the grave, on one's last legs. U to one's dying day see ALWAYS 1. dy'nam'ic /dinamik/ adj. 1 energetic; active. 2 Physics a of motive force. b of force in actual operation. 3 of dynamics.
Elizabeth Jewell, 2002

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON ONE'S DEATHBED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term on one's deathbed is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Revelations of Marilynne Robinson
... you can make all the jokes about your mother or the nun, but in terms of saying on one's deathbed, 'What will it mean to me that this is how I ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
2
Duc in Altum: Fr. Peter Stravinskas on the Synod of Bishops on the …
... us to return), that condition obviated the possibility of reception of Holy Communion, with full reconciliation occurring only on one's deathbed. «Catholic Online, May 14»
3
A Dad's Dilemma: Prioritizing Time Versus Money
One of the top regrets expressed on one's deathbed is "I wish I hadn't worked so hard." I hope that none of us look back and say, "Ten years ... «Huffington Post, Oct 13»
4
Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson: when the ugly side of passion …
There are few things one can be certain of remembering on one's deathbed, but my Brownie Guide promise will surely be among them. After all ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 13»
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The lingering effects of war
He admits the diagnosis is applied so broadly as to have lost its original meaning, and so difficult to treat that only on one's deathbed could a ... «FFWD, May 13»
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Why do the Romneys pay so little in taxes?
That so-called death tax applies to what is left over on one's deathbed. The simplest way to avoid it is to spend all that you have and die broke. «CNN, Sep 12»
7
Living the “good” life
[This way] one would feel on one's deathbed that one hadn't tried to pretend to be something that you're not. I've been extremely fortunate. «Salon, Apr 12»
8
The Secret City
(Cathars believed that sex was evil, even within the bounds of matrimony, but also that all sins could be forgiven on one's deathbed, which ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 11»
9
Squeezing the Lemon
47, who wrote that happiness for him was being able to say on one's deathbed that “I sure squeezed that lemon!” An unscientific observation ... «Harvard Crimson, May 09»

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