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She said she'd rather be a live beggar than a dead countess. My cat brought me a live mouse into the house the other day
Our new advertising agency seems to have some live ideas. The other party made nuclear disarmament a live issue in the election
A live coal popped out of the grate onto the carpet
Builders have dug up a live bomb in London
Don't touch a live wire or you'll get a shock
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There has never lived a more gifted scholar. She lives as a recluse
He lived out his days happily in Torquay
He normally lives in Acton, but at the moment he's living with his mother in Kent
Many old-age pensioners complain that they have barely enough to live on
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