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Meanings of child in English
First-degree relative, direct descendant of parent.
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Examples for "children"
Examples for "children"
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Objectives: Obesity is an enormous public health problem among adults and children.
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Today is a great day for the future health of Australian children.
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Conclusions: Foodborne diseases result in a large disease burden, particularly in children.
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Mr Robinson said children needed active support to deal with their problems.
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Background: Asthma is an increasing public health concern that disproportionally affects children.
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I need to feed my son; his father died several years ago.
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Mark said: Our son has mentioned Scott's name quite a few times.
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Question: My son, who was 11 last week, has really low self-esteem.
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I hope your son has received a good set of A-level results.
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Following his son's testimony, Harris himself said a new election was needed.
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Question: My daughter is 14 and in second year of secondary school.
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She is in reality daughter to an earlier-shallwe say 'version'?-ofyourself.
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Recently, my daughter wanted me to check her answer for this question.
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Question: My daughter is due to start primary school this coming September.
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He said his daughter would continue to fight for her friends' release.
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The younger sons of proprietors; the eldest first, and so in order.
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I look forward to bringing my young sons to a game soon.
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The sons of Eli brought misfortune also upon the whole of Israel.
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Intelligence officials say they also press families to send sons to fight.
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Now you just make some handsome sons and vote the right way.
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However, complicating the situation hugely was the fact her daughters were not.
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Help me, dear Lord, to say whatever my daughters need to hear.
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Results: A positive association was observed between maternal and daughters' birth weight.
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Immediate family including his wife and daughters attended the small, private service.
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Why do you think mothers and daughters are so often in conflict?
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A grown-up son or daughter is so much capital to the parents.
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You telephone your son or daughter who lives in a distant city.
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Just think of what sort of son or daughter we could produce!
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Oh that refuge from the world, when a stricken son or daughter
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Chances are, you know your 21 year-old son or daughter gets drunk.
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Invariably, Ken would find the errant husband, wife, daughter or son.
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Hence the question has arisen, can the daughter or son of a lunatic lawfully contract marriage?
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Marilyn Keiser's daughter or son, Mona or Otto?
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Then you know your daughter or son's behavior must match their outfit-well-preppedand cute as a button.
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When his daughter or son married, he had to pay a "merchet" to his lord.
Usage of child in English
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Social workers prepare to investigate a record number of child abuse cases.
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Others limit provision to families in crisis referred by child protection services.
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When a child experiences violence at home, they learn to tolerate violence.
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The government is moving to set child poverty reduction targets into law.
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Opposition parties and child welfare groups blamed the Government for this situation.
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He said the new government made a commitment to tackling child poverty.
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However, you also need an understanding of your child's age and stage.
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Recent cases concerning child pornography raise two aspects of this distressing crime.
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He was aware that she considered him her number one problem child.
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His 'eccentric' family travelled a great deal when he was a child.
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It was a difficult age; no longer child but not quite man.
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The FA has since the late 1990s taken child safety extremely seriously.
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No data exists on the number of child victims of cybersex trafficking.
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Investors are relieved its problem child has now found a new home.
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Police said two civilians including a child were wounded in the attack.
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Ireland has been seen as the poster child of austerity in Europe.
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