live up

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, with to)To fulfil the expectations placed upon one.

   She never lived up to her reputation.

   The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.

   gerecht werden, halten

   опра́вдыватьoprávdyvatʹ, оправда́тьopravdátʹ

2. (idiomatic, obsolete)To spend money on one's lifestyle to the exact limit of a specific budget or revenue, leaving nothing for savings.

1. She lived up to our expectations.

   Вона справдила наші сподівання.

   ruОна оправдала наши ожидания.

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2. It's always difficult for a son to live up to the expectations of his parents.

   Для сина завжди складно задовольнити батьківські сподівання.

   ruСыну всегда бывает сложно оправдать ожидания родителей.

   deEs fällt einem Sohn immer schwer, den elterlichen Erwartungen gerecht zu werden.

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3. I live just up the road.

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4. Tom lives just up the street.

   deTom wohnt gleich die Straße entlang.

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5. We haven't lived up to expectations.

   ruМы не оправдали ожиданий.

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irregular

• live onйти, пітиTo endure.
• live withприйняти, прийматиTo share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
• live upTo fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
• live offTo depend on financially.
• live outTo not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
• live inTo reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
• live downTo live so as to subdue or refute.
• live forTo deeply enjoy or be fulfilled by something esteemed as very important in one's life.