he lives on charity

• todavía vive — he's still alive

• vivir bien — to live well

• no dejar vivir a algn, su marido no la deja vivir — her husband is always on at her *, her husband doesn't give her a moment's peace

• saber vivir — to know how to live

• viven juntos — (como pareja) they live together; (compartiendo casa) they live together, they share a house (together)

la fotografía no me da para vivir — I can't make o earn a living from photography, photography doesn't give me enough to live on

• vivir de algo — to live on sth

• vivir al día — to live from day to day

• vivir de la pluma — to live by one's pen

• vivir de las rentas — (lit) to have a private income

publicó un libro hace años y desde entonces vive de las rentas — years ago he published a book and he's lived off it o lived on the strength of it ever since

tú dedícate a vivir la vida — go ahead and live life to the full o get the most out of life

parece que estoy viviendo ese momento otra vez — it's as if I were o was experiencing that moment all over again

• de mal vivir, una mujer de mal vivir — a loose woman

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

¿quién vive? — (Mil) who goes there?

no dejar vivir a alguien: los dolores de cabeza no la dejan vivir the headaches are making her life a misery; este niño no me deja vivir this child doesn't give me a moment's peace; vivir para ver! who would believe o credit it!; vive y deja vivir — live and let live

viven de la pesca — they live from o by fishing

vivir de ilusiones — to live on dreams o hopes

vive solo — he lives alone o on his own

Ex: This is a story about a thirteen-year-old boy who lives in New York and is so often the victim of street bullies that he hides in the subway, where he manages to make a home for himself.

vive de la caridad de las gentes del barrio — she lives on o off the charity of the local people

¡una limosna, por caridad! — could you spare some change o a little money (out of charity), please?

Ex: To better understand the author the reader must exercise intellectual and emotional openness and charity.

Ex: Images of S. Edward the Confessor offering his ring as alms identified English kingship with exemplary generosity.

• fin de la cita — end of quote, unquote

• fin de curso — end of the school year

• dar fin a — [+ ceremonia, actuación] to bring to a close; [+ obra, libro] to finish; [+ guerra, conflicto] to bring to an end

• llegar a buen fin — [aventura] to have a happy ending; [plan] to turn out well

• llevar algo a buen fin — to bring sth to a successful conclusion

• poner fin a algo — to end sth, put an end to sth

esta ley pondrá fin a la discriminación sexual en el trabajo — this law will end o will put an end to sexual discrimination in the workplace

los acuerdos pusieron fin a doce años de guerra — the agreements ended o put an end to twelve years of war

• sin fin — endless

fin de fiesta — (Teat) grand finale

• al fin y al cabo — after all

• a fin de cuentas — at the end of the day

en fin, otro día seguiremos hablando del tema — anyway o oh, well, we will carry on discussing this another day

¡en fin, qué se le va a hacer! — anyway o oh, well, there's nothing we can do about it!

hemos tenido bastantes problemas este año, pero en fin, seguimos adelante — we've had quite a few problems this year, but still o anyway, we're still going

• a fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

a fin de que — + subjun so that, in order that frm

se le ha citado como testigo a fin de que explique sus relaciones con el acusado — he has been called as a witness in order to explain o in order that he explain frm o so that he can explain his relationship with the defendant

• con el fin de hacer algo — in order to do sth

• a tal fin — with this aim in mind, to this end

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

por or al fin — at last

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

hasta el fin de los siglos or tiempos — until the end of time

no es el fin del mundo — (fam) it's not the end of the world (colloq)

por or al fin — at last

a fin de cuentas — in the end, at the end of the day

tocar a su fin — (liter) to draw to a close o to an end

el fin de esta visita — the aim o purpose of this visit

una institución sin fines lucrativos or de lucro — a not-for-profit organization (AmE), a non-profit-making organisation (BrE)

a fin de que — (frml) in order to

con este fin or a este fin or a tal fin — (frml) with this aim (frml), to this end (frml)

con el fin or a fin de — (frml) with the aim o purpose of

el fin justifica los medios — the end justifies the means

Ex: The aim of SWALCAP is to provide integrated computer services for library housekeeping purposes and to keep these services up to date.