Be and Live

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Be

Be verb - To have life.

Usage example: stories that begin with the familiar line “once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden”

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Live is a synonym for be in state topic. In some cases you can use "Live" instead a verb "Be", when it comes to topics like physical condition, dwell, exist, be alive. popular alternative

Live

Live verb - To have life.

Usage example: Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

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Be is a synonym for live in exist topic. You can use "Be" instead a verb "Live", if it concerns topics such as state, physical condition, dwell. popular alternative

Nearby Words: living, lived

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Common collocations

life	be life	live life
work	be work	live work
man	be man	live man
thanks	be thanks	live thanks
Other words: place, episode, time, way, characters, world, day, years, times, powers.

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