adolescence
noun
the period of your life when you change from being a child to being a young adult
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adjective
similar to the way a child looks, behaves, or thinks, and usually pleasant for that reason
to change from being a baby or young child to being an older child or adult
used for talking about the things that happened while you were a child
to stop behaving like a child, and become wiser
used for talking about things that you did a lot, or things that you had a lot of, when you were a child
noun
a measure of intelligence based on the average intelligence of a child of a particular age
noun
the ability of children to make their parents buy things for them by continuing to ask them until they agree to do it
adverb
the part of someone’s life when they were young and wasted their time and opportunities
something that is very easy or not suitable for adults
the period of time when someone was young
the advantages or disadvantages that you have when you are very young
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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