lifeline

CEFRC1

/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/

noun

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Trusting my instincts felt like a lifeline when I hesitated.
Slowly I began to fill up some of the emptiness inside—writing had become my lifeline.
The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.

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The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.
2012, Melissa Rycroft, My Reality, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
Slowly I began to fill up some of the emptiness inside—writing had become my lifeline.
2012, Aaron Dixon, My People Are Rising, Haymarket Books, →ISBN, page 64
Planners did not see the access routes as west Berlin's sole lifeline, which now seems instinctive to us.
2012, Daniel F. Harrington, Berlin on the Brink, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 9
It is no real surprise that half the UK's stations and 5,000 miles of route were recommended to close. Nevertheless, some great mistakes were made in Marples' devil-may-care purge that left commuters stranded and seaside resorts without a lifeline.
2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 50
Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people.
2026 March 20, Eleni Giokos, “The Strait of Hormuz is about more than just oil. It feeds 100 million people”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2026

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