No. 539 in Hungarian
életben
"Életben" means "alive" or "in life."
In a sentence
Az életben mindig vannak nehéz pillanatok.
In life, there are always difficult moments.
Here, 'életben' is part of the phrase 'Az életben', meaning 'In life', where it indicates the context of life in general.
A madár életben maradt a baleset után.
The bird survived the accident.
In this sentence, 'életben' means 'alive', indicating the bird's condition of being alive after the accident.
Édesanyám mindig azt mondja, hogy életben kell tartani a reményt.
My mother always says that one must keep hope alive.
Here, 'életben' means 'alive' as part of the expression 'életben tartani', which literally means 'to keep alive' and is used metaphorically to mean maintaining hope.
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