People who are deeply in debt play to win a giant cash prize, but in these games the loser dies.

负债累累的人玩游戏是为了赢得巨额现金奖金，但在这些游戏中，失败者会死亡。

19. For example, in his book he has a touching description of da Vinci's death, in which da Vinci dies in the arms of his last patron, the king of France, Francis the first.

例如，在他的书里，他对于达芬奇的去世有非常感人的描写，在他的描写里达芬奇是在他最后的赞助人法国国王Francis一世的怀里去世的。

A " life insurance policy" is something you pay for in case someone dies; if that person dies, then the company you bought the life insurance from will pay you the amount of the policy.

“人寿保险单” 是您在有人死亡时支付的费用；如果那个人死了，那么您购买人寿保险的公司将向您支付保单金额。

" 35 years to life" means the person has to go to jail, to prison, for at least 35 years, but maybe as long as the person lives – in other words, until the person dies.

“35 年至无期徒刑” 意味着该人必须入狱， 入狱，至少 35 年，但可能只要该人还活着 – 在换句话说， 直到那个人死去。