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Collocations for childhood - noun

ADJ.

happy | deprived, difficult, lonely, traumatic, unhappy | normal | early
From earliest childhood she''d had a love of dancing.
late
His health remained poor into later childhood.

VERB + CHILDHOOD

have
She had a very happy childhood.
spend
He spent most of his childhood in Egypt.
survive
Her second son didn''t survive childhood.

CHILDHOOD + NOUN

days, years | dream, experience, fantasy, memories | friend, sweetheart | home | disease, illness, mortality

PREP.

during ~
He became diabetic during childhood.
from ~
She still retained many friends from childhood.
in ~
She died in childhood.
throughout ~
He travelled a lot throughout his childhood.

PHRASES

scenes from/of sb''s childhood

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