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- for the life of me
for the life of me
for the life of me
at all; even one little bit. (Used with a negative.) For the life of me, I can't figure this out. I can't for the life of me climb up a mountain.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Zipporah | | zi-PAWR-ə (English), ZIP-ər-ə (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
| Pearle | | PURL | English |
| Izrail | | - | Judeo-Christian Legend |
| BelÉN | | be-LEN | Spanish |
| YalÇIn | | - | Turkish |
| ÂNgela | | AN-zhə-lə | Portuguese |