retired teacher

collocation in English

meaningsofretiredandteacher

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retired
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtaɪəd/us
/rɪˈtaɪrd/
If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because ...
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teacher
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtiː.tʃər/us
/ˈtiː.tʃɚ/
someone whose job is to teach in a school ...
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(Definition ofretiredandteacherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Aretiredteacher, she had always been single and had decided to live alone rather than with her sister, to keep the freedom to do what she chose.
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I must tell them of one of my constituents, the wife of aretiredteacher.
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I see no reason to doubt that an education authority would exercise its powers to employ aretiredteacherin anything but a sympathetic manner.
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In that instance theretiredteacherwould be required to leave the house.
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Paragraph (a) enables an employer to re-employ aretiredteacherbut only in an unpromoted post and on a year-to-year basis.
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Paragraph (a) enables an education authority to reemploy aretiredteacher, but in a basic grade post only and on a temporary basis.
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The next letter is from anotherretiredteacherwho, for twenty-six years, was a head teacher in a responsible position.
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Let us take as an example theretiredteacherwho does a little writing and a little lecturing.
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I also often recall the story of a doctor who asked aretiredteacherto teach a badly burned boy in hospital.
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We want to ensure that independent appeals panels will have at least one member who has direct classroom experience—for example, a teacher orretiredteacher.
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He is aretiredteacherand a man full of values.
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He is alsoretiredteacher, school administrator, and high school basketball coach.
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He is aretiredteacher.
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This group comprises retired teachers, members of several seniors' centres, and other interested seniors.
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Jozef ebo, the founder of the room and monument (now aretiredteacher) looks after them very carefully.
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Cook is now aretiredteacherand mystery writer.
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She is aretiredteacher.
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It is important to capture the memories of current and retired teachers through oral history, thus documenting practice for future researchers.
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I appreciate the difficulties in present circumstances of retired teachers on low fixed incomes.
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