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#COLLOCATIONS 💠Year {noun} 1- a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 months, beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st ✨ADJECTIVES ◾️ this/ next/ last year ◾️ every year ◾️ the current year ◾️ the coming year (=the year that is about to start) ◾️ the past year ◾️ the previous year ◾️ the following year ◾️ the new year (=used to talk about the beginning of the next year) ◾️ the school/ academic year (=the period of the year during which there are school or university classes) ◾️ the financial/ fiscal year (=the 12-month period over which a company’s accounts are calculated) ◾️ a leap year (=a year that has 366 days, which happens every four years) ✨VERBS ◾️ a year passes (by)/ goes by ◾️ spend a year ◾️ sth takes a year ◾️ last a year ✨PREPOSITIONS ◾️ in/ during/ over the year ◾️ in the year 1846/1900 etc ◾️ for a year/ three years etc ✨PHRASES ◾️ the beginning/ start of the year ◾️ the end of the year ◾️ all year round (=at all times during the year) ◾️ (at) this time of year (=used especially when talking about the season) 💠2- a particular period of time in someone’s life or in history {Grammar Always plural in this meaning} ✨ADJECTIVES ◾️ early years ◾️ later/ latter years ◾️ the last/ final/ closing years of sth ◾️ the intervening years (=between two periods or events) ◾️ sb’s teenage years ◾️ sb’s formative years (=when someone’s character develops) ✨NOUNS + years ◾️ b’s childhood years ◾️ the war years ◾️ the boom years (=when an economy or industry is very successful) ◾️ sb’s retirement years ✨PHRASES ◾️ in recent years ◾️ in later years ◾️ in years gone by (=in the past) 🍀Don’t say in ancient years. Say in ancient times or long ago. ✨PREPOSITIONS ◾️ the years of sth ◾️ sb’s years in sth ◾️ sb’s years as sth ◾️ during the years