Today, We Explore the Variances of One Word, Live

Without a context, you really don’t know which version of the word I intended.

Was I using it as a verb, an adjective, or an adverb?

“Live, from New York!”

“He was reporting live, and it was a lively report. Everyone was talking with great feeling!”

“She lived a very nice life.”

Here, read the whole definition to understand, including the examples:

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “live”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live

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Here’s a word you’ll hear and use occasionally, skirmish:

That was a skirmish, not a fight, but if it had continued, it probably would have become a fight, how much of a fight? I don’t know. We’re lucky it stopped when it did!”

Merriam-Webster’s definition of “skirmish”: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skirmish

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Now, when you want and or need to learn more, for you, or your work,

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