noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
delinquent girls/boys/children/teenagers
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Nearly half of black teenagers in the city of Chicago fail to graduate from high school.
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Among black teenagers 82 percent of all births were illegitimate in 1980.
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Below on the street, near numbers 1408 and 1411, black teenagers played outside.
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The next day some white teenagers retaliated on the heads of some black teenagers.
old
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Then they run through role-playing and skits, taught by respected older teenagers , to learn the art of refusal.
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And then there were the responses, the questions sent in by schoolchildren ranging in age from seven years old to teenagers .
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I will discuss the priorities for older children and teenagers in chapter 10.
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Some older teenagers are married or in stable relationships within which having a baby is a wanted event.
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Although attempted suicide has increased among older teenagers , the rate is still well below that for adults.
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This system can also work for older teenagers , but if you are over sixteen you are not entitled to free tutoring.
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It may still be important to say no, on those grounds, even to older teenagers .
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Glandular fever is an infectious disease that hits many older children, teenagers and young adults.
young
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The backs of the trucks are jammed with young men and teenagers pressed against wooden slats.
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But since they had married, as young impulsive teenagers , his charm had evaporated.
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Contexts which will appeal to young teenagers .
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Alternatively, it can be used as an independent, project-based video course for young teenagers .
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The game continues to attract young teenagers whose education is disrupted by the tantalising prospect that they will become professional players.
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It will thrill younger children but seem standard fare to young teenagers .
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The play, written by Marie Jones, examines the problems and pressures facing young teenagers today.
■ VERB
read
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Her son was treated for cuts and bruises. Read in studio Three teenagers have been charged with aggravated vehicle taking.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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River Phoenix became a famous actor while still a teenager .
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The survey shows that four out of five teenagers have experimented with illegal drugs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Gap stores has hired as its primary image-maker a man who helped convince thousands of teenagers to buy Calvin Klein perfume.
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Handsome Gilbey has known Diana since she first moved to London as a teenager .
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I am considered to be fairly outgoing but as a teenager I was painfully shy.
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Imagine all the trouble hordes of tots and teenagers can get into with nothing to do all day but hang around.
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Several teenagers have died after smoking or drinking the leaves or seeds of the datura shrub, found in woodland.
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Take time to talk to your teenagers.
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The Teesside-born star trained as a Methodist local preacher when he was a teenager in Middlesbrough, but is now an atheist.
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Very often teenager girls become physically inhibited.