noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a vague recollection/memory
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I have only a vague recollection of what the house looked like.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dim
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My dim recollection was that there was discussion of such questions in Mary Shelley's novel.
personal
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One personal recollection confirms this point aptly.
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I've only glanced through the book, but it contains a lot of personal recollections .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dim recollection/awareness etc
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My dim recollection was that there was discussion of such questions in Mary Shelley's novel.
have a vague idea/feeling/recollection etc (that)
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I can remember nothing of them, but I have a vague feeling of having been well cared for.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She knew her father only through photographs and her mother's recollections.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But her recollections of her earlier days were the richest she had.
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Even now the recollection seized him in the abdomen, and a kind of sick longing made him tremble.
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That must have been the case, although I have no clear recollection .
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The recollection of the summer evening sunlight coming through the large window behind the preacher's head evokes many nostalgic memories.
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The recollection of those whispered words came rushing back to haunt her.
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There Ernest, Theodore, and Reginald were born within six years, but Edward's recollections of this time are sketchy.
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To be honest, my only recollection is of the surroundings.
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What is the last recollection before losing consciousness and the first thing recalled after regaining awareness?