Daily life
couldn't live without
need or value greatly
If you couldn't live without something, you need it or value it so much that life would be much worse without it.
Hear it in real life
What do you use every day?
My laptop. I couldn't live without it.
I couldn't live without my sister because she always gives me honest advice.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I couldn't live without to my phone.
Say: I couldn't live without my phone.
Use a noun or an -ing form after "without," not "to" plus a verb.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
couldn't live without something; couldn't live without doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
I couldn't live without my sister because she always gives me honest advice.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
couldn't live without
need or value greatly
“I couldn't live without my sister because she always gives me honest advice.”
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