adolescence

Converse of object

• reach: In rural areas of Lesotho the chances of a child with Down's Syndrome reaching late adolescence are slight.
• enter: However, the clouds gathered quickly as Mary entered adolescence.
• approach: An ideal book for older Primary Children who are rapidly becoming more self-conscious and subject to moods as they approach adolescence.
• hit: They got a lot worse when I hit adolescence.
• survive: Having survived a very troubled adolescence she had made a successful start on a service career and hoped to achieve officer status.
• include: Her areas of research interest include adolescence, physical disability, psychotherapy, and identity development, particularly using qualitative approaches.

Preposition: as

• stays: Shorter hospitalization at diagnosis is at least as effective in achieving control and avoiding complications in adolescence as longer stays.

Preposition: into

• adulthood: Through our adolescence into adulthood, our learning proceeded often with great sophistication.

Adjective modifier

• late: OCD usually starts in late adolescence or the early adult years.
• early: In early adolescence she found herself drawn to be in a mediator role in the midst of family tensions.
• own: For Stubbs, brought up in the English town of Bedford, the overriding passion of his own adolescence was cars.
• modern: UNLUCKY FOR SOME THIRTEEN ( USA ) Thirteen is the latest film rendering of the dark side of modern adolescence in America.
• turbulent: Wah Wah An assured directorial debut, revisiting Richard E. Grant's turbulent adolescence in late 60's Swaziland.
• young: Health promotion in childhood and young adolescence for the prevention of unintentional injuries.

Noun used with modifier

• surviving: Also downloadable leaflet for young people and parents Surviving Adolescence.
• parent: Also downloadable leaflet for young people and parents Surviving Adolescence.

Possessives

• child: Starting early is the best way for parents to prepare for their child's adolescence.

Preposition: for

• prevention: Health promotion in childhood and young adolescence for the prevention of unintentional injuries.

Preposition: by

• thought: A fun-loving and gregarious man, he was nevertheless troubled in his adolescence by thoughts of suicide.