Heaven
noun
the place where God is believed to live. Some people believe that good people go to Heaven when they die and bad people go to Hell
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Heaven and hell and life after death
Hell
noun
in some religions, the place where bad people are sent to suffer for ever when they die. The place where good people are believed to go is called Heaven.
Paradise
noun
Heaven, the place where some people believe you go when you die if you have lived a good life
the next life
an existence after death
infernal
adjective
relating to hell (=the place where bad people are sometimes believed to go when they die)
the (great) beyond
where some people believe people’s spirits go after they die
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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