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[adj only before noun] Jenny has three teenage children.

baby

ADULT

youth /ju:6/ (n С] a young man between about 15 and 25 years old - use this especially about young men who behave badly or do something illegal: A youth pushed

her against the wall and took her bag. a gang of youths in leather jackets

in your teens /in joi^r 'timz/ someone

who is in their teens is between 13 and 19 years old: She had run away from home several times in her teens. in your early/mid/late teens Most of the girls at the concert were in their early teens.

adolescent /.aeds'les^nH/ (n C] someone

who is at the age when they change from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about problems that young people have at this age: John changed from a friendly and cheerful young boy into a confused adolescent.

¹ A You can also use adolescent before a

noun, like an adjective: a crowd of screaming adolescent girls

the time when you are young

childhood /t/aiidhod/ In C/U] the time when you are a child: Nina had happy memories of her childhood on the farm. early childhood (=when you are a young child) His early childhood was spent with his father in Chicago.

You can also use childhood before a noun, like an adjective: a book about his childhood memories I childhood illnesses like measles

youth /ju:B/ [n U] the time when you are young, especially the time between 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child:

She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth. in sb's youth (=when they were young) Caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth.

adolescence /zedsles*is/ [n U] the time when a young person is changing from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age: During adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence.

El connected with things

that young people do

youth /ju:0/ [adj only before noun] youth club/group/organization etc a club, group etc for young people: / met her at the focal youth club. I a concert by the National Youth Orchestra

teenage /tisneids/ [adj only before nounj teenage fashions/magazines/pregnancy/drug-taking etc use this about things produced for teenagers, or things that teenagers do: There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently. 1 the teenage music scene

juvenile /'d3u:v3nail||-npl, -nail/ (adj only before noun) use this about crimes involving young people

juvenile crime/offender (=crime by young people, or a young person who is a criminal)

juvenile court (=a court that deals with crimes by young people)

; A lot of boring 01 compYtcaied jobs can now be

: done by computers, machines, or robots

I instead of oeople.

; Some manufacturing processes and services

IV,

1995. _____

Д Don't use at, on or in before these I

words when talking about time: next, last, ! that, this. Say I'm leaving next Wednesday/this afternoon etc (not 'on

next Wednesday' etc), or she left last s

January/that morning etc (not 'in last j

January' etc) j

ago о'goo' [adv] use this to say how far back in the past something happened

false /foils- [adj] not true or not correct - use this about statements or beliefs that are based on untrue information: He gave a false name and address to the police. I This article gives a totally false impression of life in Russia today. I Decide whether these statements are true or false.

not be the case nnt bi: йэ keis/ to not

I

be true - use this to say that something is not true even though many peopie believe that it is: Recent reports suggest that violent crime is increasing, but this is simply not the case.

[1] are now fully automated.

This can lead to high unemployment as more lobs are done by machines or computers...

[2] minutes/an hour/100 years ago Michael left the office 20 minutes ago.

[3]

A In American English, you can say Mondays, nights, evenings, weekends etc, without a preposition, when you mean 'every Monday', 'every night' etc: Weekends, I stay with my parents.