adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a teenage/adolescent boy
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A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.
a teenage/youth gang
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At age nine, Pedro joined one of the youth gangs in his neighborhood, just to survive.
a young/teenage audience
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a magazine with a young audience
sb's childhood/teenage years
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the home in which she spent her childhood years
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
boy
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Men and teenage boys went fishing every day, usually in small groups.
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They were joined by teenage boys who surged in waves from the neighboring Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, a religious school.
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She kisses lightly, licks around the tip, and he's proud like a teenage boy .
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The Harlem riot erupted when an off-duty policeman killed James Powell, a teenage boy who had allegedly attacked him.
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Is this the kind of stuff for teenage boys ?
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A strong teenage boy lost half his 140 pounds in seven weeks.
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Two teenage boys in the Rover car escaped uninjured and were helping police inquiries.
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They are teasing Navarro, but for teenage boys , they are surprisingly mild.
child
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Never since the first world war have we had homeless teenage children begging in the streets.
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Some had large dependent families, while others had teenage children able to make a substantial contribution.
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As a woman's teenage children leave home, she may interpret the loss of the first as a welcome freedom.
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Many parents experience deep pain and despair about their teenage children .
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When teenage children are involved, as full-time or part-time members of the new family, there is considerable added pressure.
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I am sure that that will be familiar to hon. Members with teenage children .
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Léonie recognized the blacksmith and his wife, their two teenage children .
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They may be the sole earners in households where men and teenage children are all unemployed.
daughter
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His marriage has broken up, he rarely sees his teenage daughter and he faces a bleak future.
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A middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter were sitting behind it.
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His wife and two teenage daughters were ferried about by an armed chauffeur.
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His eyes followed his teenage daughter as she walked around his bedroom, pocketing his belongings.
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The evidence was overwhelming, but none so precise and clear as that given by a Mr Bryant and his teenage daughter .
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When I knew her, some years ago, their teenage daughter was having to share a bedroom with her granny.
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They had come home during the height of the disturbances to discover their teenage daughter being ravished by a young police officer.
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Q My teenage daughter is on a diet.
girl
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Among teenage girls in Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh there were 12 abortions and 28 births in 1990 for every 1,000 teenagers.
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Suddenly Primo noticed that the teenage girl behind the table was staring at-him.
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It helps the crops grow, a museum guide explains to three teenage girls .
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A covey of teenage girls strolled by, their hands tucked into their back pockets.
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Two teenage girls and a woman were hurt.
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They were two teenage girls who had spent months in the same hospital but had never seen each other.
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Recently, my wife was on a local bus with a lot of teenage girls coming home from school.
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As he nears the corner a teenage girl on a bike swerves toward the curb beside Primo.
pregnancy
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Yet even so, the United States still leads most industrialized countries in teenage pregnancies , abortions and childbearing.
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The move is prompted in part by the government's determination to curb the number of teenage pregnancies .
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The facts are considerably different from these myths: Virtually all studies indicate that over four-fifths of teenage pregnancies are unintended.
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Four areas with low levels of education and training and high instances of teenage pregnancy will be targeted.
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Let us examine the causes of teenage pregnancy and the impact early childbearing frequently has on young women.
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I hope your book will reveal a new and refreshing view on teenage pregnancy and motherhood.
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In many cities, they sank into a vicious cycle of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy , and welfare dependency.
son
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A move to the capital would give his two teenage sons greater career prospects.
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They were helping the teenage son get into a community college while they nursed his sister through a long surgical convalescence.
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I found out he was ten years older than me and divorced with two teenage sons .
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Tesco manager Bernard Andrews handed over £55,000 to the men who threatened to castrate his teenage sons .
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When my teenage son heard that the visitor was 60 and a bachelor, there was silence.
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The couple have 2 teenage sons .
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Indeed, now that I know about the Marmite and the teenage sons it seems more mysterious than ever.
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The burglary happened on the anniversary of his death, and while the woman's teenage son was asleep in the house.
years
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There may be some recovery when they go to school, but the dip will reassert itself during the teenage years .
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I was also well into my teenage years , and I wanted to get away from home, too.
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Some parents have unhappy or embarrassing memories of their own teenage years .
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In the teenage years , parental care takes different forms.
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I look back on my early teenage years with some amazement.
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The implications of such reluctance extend beyond the teenage years .
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In the sorry glare of my first teenage years the appearance of my grandparents was all of a rescue.
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Maria had her first child during her older teenage years .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the teenage music scene
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There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents.
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Bobby and Ian both sacrifice a lot of time to Lisburn's teenage golfers and it's beginning to show.
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His eyes followed his teenage daughter as she walked around his bedroom, pocketing his belongings.
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Interviews with Moon and other teenage smokers reveal they smoke for the same reason adults do: They enjoy it.
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Most have either been nabbed by some one else or are into teenage bimbos or are gay.
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Some parents have unhappy or embarrassing memories of their own teenage years.