Asleep
Asleep adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: let us pray for those who are now asleep
Live
Live adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: didn't realize that the microphone was live and proceeded to make some rather indiscreet comments
Both words in one sentence
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In a similar fashion, many people find it worrying if others they live with are asleep and are absolutely silent.
Source: It's Quiet... Too Quiet - Brought up again during the opening monologue of 2013, which featured a "live" shot of an Australian family staying up to watch the final: they were all asleep on the couch.
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In the first live action Death Note movie, there's a moment when L appears to be asleep (though he really isn't), and Chief Yagami drapes a blanket over his shoulders.
Source: Comforting Comforter
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