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childhood memories
/ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd ˈmɛməriz/CHILD·hood MEM·o·ries
Pictures, scenes or feelings you remember from when you were a child.
Examples
“Seeing the old school brought back a lot of childhood memories.”
“She keeps a photo album to preserve her childhood memories.”
“Many childhood memories are attached to smells and songs.”
Band 8 sentence
“Visiting the village where I grew up instantly revived vivid childhood memories, from running through rice fields to helping my grandmother cook.”
Collocations
- vivid childhood memories
- bring back childhood memories
Word family
Common mistakes
childhood memorys→childhood memories
my childhood's memories→my childhood memories
memory about childhood→memory of childhood / childhood memories
Say it for a higher band
5early memories→6memories from childhood→7+childhood memories
Synonyms
early memories
Easily confused
childhood experiences
“Her childhood experiences included moving towns several times.”
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