leben
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of leben
C17: from Arabic laban
Example Sentences
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“I’m in dry-goods business twenty years—fifteen on Grand Stritt and five on Graham Am-yer and never ins leben do I see a seven months so big.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
"Blooma leben," he cried, throwing the door wide open; and in response Mrs. Rudnik, née Blooma Duckman, entered.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
Dräseke has happily expressed the conception that to love is truly to live: “Wir finden hier demnach die Lehre: Willst du leben, liebe.”
From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William
We make up what we didn't get here maybe in the world to come, Goldie leben.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Solly leben, did I keep it back—the five dollars?
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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