die verb
ADVERBS
suddenly
・Jack died suddenly of a heart attack.
instantly
・He was shot in the head and died instantly.
peacefully
・My grandmother died peacefully in her sleep.
tragically
・His wife had died tragically in an accident.
young
・They had seven children and three of them died young.
alone
・It’s very sad to think of someone dying alone in hospital.
・He was terrified of being single all his life and dying alone.
unmarried
・He died unmarried in 1922.
penniless
・Van Gogh died penniless, but his paintings were later worth millions.
PREPOSITIONS
of, from
・His mother died of cancer.
・Too many people in the world are dying from preventable illnesses.
in
・Her father died in a car crash when she was only ten.
for
・Would you be willing to die for your beliefs?
PHRASES
die aged 35/50 etc.
・Her father died aged 84.
die in your sleep
・We would all prefer to die peacefully in our sleep.
die in suspicious/mysterious circumstances
・He got involved with drugs and died in mysterious circumstances.
die from natural causes
・The coroner concluded that Wilks had died from natural causes.
die a sudden/violent/slow etc. death
・At the end of the play, the main character dies a violent death.
die a hero/a rich man etc.
・He died a hero on the battlefield.
die in childbirth
・In the 19th century, it was fairly common for women to die in childbirth.
until/til the day I die
・Their screams will haunt me until the day I die.
sb’s dying wish
・It was my father’s dying wish to be buried with my mother.
sb’s dying breath
・With her dying breath, she cursed the soldiers.