living flesh

collocation in English

meaningsoflivingandflesh

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living
adjective
uk
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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flesh
noun
uk
/fleʃ/us
/fleʃ/
the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones, or the soft inside part of a fruit ...
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(Definition oflivingandfleshfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In all cases, these animals transform the flesh of other dead animals into their ownlivingflesh.
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We are dealing withlivingfleshand blood to-day, not next week, not next month, not next year.
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They walk down a corridor and discover the heart of the house (composed oflivingflesh).
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He is a cyborg, being partlylivingfleshand partly machine.
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The heat is a physical manifestation of the demon's hunger forlivingflesh.
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She wants to experience life as a real human being in an actual physical body oflivingfleshand blood.
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How can he possibly use him more barbarously, than to feast upon hislivingfleshand blood?
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The eating thelivingfleshcure apparently also works for relatives of the person who created the curse.
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He was cast down and as punishment, he was entombed alive with countless desert scarabs which devoured his stilllivingflesh.
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Since she was not able to hurt the other woman, the estrie died, because she needs to drink the blood oflivingflesh.
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It is swirling, constantly changing, multicolored matter with the power to melt and twist anything with which it comes in contact, includinglivingflesh.
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A zygom can exist in earth, but prefers to infestlivingfleshand nourish itself on the host's blood and tissue.
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