RECOLLECTION


Meaning of RECOLLECTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ clear , distinct , vivid

▪ dim , faint , hazy , vague

▪ earliest

▪ childhood

▪ sudden

▪ painful

▪ fond

He has fond ~s of his first visit to Europe.

▪ personal

VERB + RECOLLECTION

▪ have (no)

I have only a vague ~ of sunshine and sand.

I have absolutely no ~ of the incident.

▪ share

It was great to meet with old friends and share ~s.

▪ smile at , smile in

He smiled fondly at the ~.

She smiled faintly in ~ of all the fun times they'd had together.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

She stared at him in sudden ~.

▪ ~ from

~s from Eliot's own life

▪ ~ of

The novel is based on ~s of his childhood in Shanghai.

PHRASES

▪ to the best of your ~

To the best of my ~ ( = if I remember correctly ), he was not there that day.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .