large as life

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*large as life

Fig. in person; actually, and sometimes surprisingly, present at a place. (*Also: as ~.) I thought Jack was away, but there he was as large as life. Jean was not expected to appear, but she turned up large as life.

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Will not your mind misgive you when you find yourself in this gloomy chamber -- too lofty and extensive for you, with only the feeble rays of a single lamp to take in its size -- its walls hung with tapestry exhibiting figures as large as life, and the bed, of dark green stuff or purple velvet, presenting even a funereal appearance? Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context Enough for me, that here I am, with the mighty merchant's note in my hand, as large as life, as hot as fire, and as happy as a king The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context A staring old Dedlock in a panel, as large as life and as dull, looks as if he didn't know what to make of it, which was probably his general state of mind in the days of Queen Elizabeth. Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context			land on both feet land on feet land one Land sakes! land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss land up somehow or somewhere land-office business landscape landslide victory lane language language that would fry bacon languish languish in languish over lap lap against lap of luxury lap over lap up lapse lapse from grace lapse into lard large large as life larger larger than life lark lash lash about lash against lash at lash back lash down lash down on lash into lash out lash to lash together lashing last last but not least last call last for last laugh last out last straw last will and testament last word last-ditch			Large Aperture Tracking System Large Area Aerial Spraying Large Area Artificial Reef Site Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment Large Area Imager for Calar Alto Large Area Modular Array of Reflectors Large Area Neutron Detector Large Area Night Maintenance Shelter Large Area Nozzle Delivery of Fuel Air Explosive Large Area Plankton Imaging System Large Area Plasma Processing System Large Area Processing Large Area Pulsed Solar Simulator Large Area Screening System Large Area Silicon Strip Array Large Area Smoke Large Area Synchronized Code-Division Multiple Access Large Area Telescope Large Area Tracking Range Large Array Block Large Array Memory large artery large artery large artery large artery Large Artery Occlusive Infarction Large Artificial Neuron Network large as life large asset transfer Large Association of Movie Blogs Large Astronomical Satellite Large Attitude Readjustment Tool Large Automatic Navigational Buoy Large Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Large B-Cell Lymphoma Large Ballistic Missile Large Basin Runoff Model Large Bean Bag Plush large bietou large bietou large bietou large bietou Large Binocular Camera Blue Large Binocular Telescope Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer Large Binocular Telescope Observatory Large black Large black Large Black Hog Large Black Pig Large Black Pig Large Blast Thermal Simulator Large Blast/Thermal Simulator Large Block Allocation Large Bore Flapper Valve large bowel large bowel diarrhea large bowel diarrhea

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