The expression "to death" is a strong (and not literal) intensifier. Some examples: "This puppy is so cute, I could hug it to death!"
"what a long film.. i was bored to death" So in your case, it probably conveys strong and enduring admiration.
"I admire" is an English equivalent of the French phrase J'admire.Specifically, the subject pronoun je* means "I." the present indicative verb admire translates as "(I) admire, am admiring, do admire." The pronunciation will be "zhahd-meer" in French.
It means that after his death, they are still alive.
it means to admire someone in a high rang
No, admire - to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
it means there is no way to run away from death it will eventually come for everyone
I am proud of you or I give you my approval or I look up to you or I want to be like you.
its basically to admire
"I admire you."
The phrase "had been all but dead" means that the creature involved had been extremely close to death, and was nearly dead.
to delay or postpone something unwanted, such as hunger, foreclosure, death, etc.
It is an Australian expression meaning to feign sleep or death, in order to deceive an opponent
It can -- it can also mean that a timed event was literally over.