childhood dream

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childhood
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/us
/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/
the time when someone is ...
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dream
noun[C]
uk
/driːm/us
/driːm/
a series of events or images that happen in your mind when you ...
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(Definition ofchildhoodanddreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Herchildhooddreamwas to become a flight attendant, but at the age of 16, she was discovered on the street by a fashion editor.
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In a post-game interview, he described the occasion as fulfilling hischildhooddream.
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Despite performing very well as a wrestler, hischildhooddreamwas to play professional football.
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In the end he is left to question hischildhooddream.
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Based on achildhooddreamof creating computer games, the author based his design on his likes and dislikes from mainstream games of the time.
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It looked as if this would be the end of hischildhooddream.
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For the playwright, it was achildhooddreamcome true.
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Hischildhooddreamwas to become an actor.
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Becoming a teacher was the fulfillment of achildhooddream.
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With his career he has fulfilled achildhooddream, yet he sometimes suffers greatly from his work.
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Herchildhooddream, prior to teaching and modeling, was to become a ballerina.
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He had achildhooddreamto be a custom motorcycle rider, in which he became both a rider and a designer.
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In the military he was able to fulfill hischildhooddreamof being an entertainer, putting on shows at his base and on television shows.
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With a passion in singing, herchildhooddreamwas to perform for her grandmother at a getai show.
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He grew up surrounded by aeroplanes, but left school to follow achildhooddreamof riding horses professionally.
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He began writing stories at a young age after hischildhooddreamof becoming a clown took the backseat to his interest in film.
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She's also decided to follow herchildhooddreamof becoming a journalist, more specifically a fashion editor.
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The man who at the age of seven wanted to be an engine driver did not see hischildhooddreamrealised in his adopted country.
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That's why it's been mychildhooddreamto always be in the armed forces.
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Lunadei explained in a 1984 interview that hischildhooddreamhad been to be a clown.
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