lifelong dream

collocation in English

meaningsoflifelonganddream

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lifelong
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.lɒŋ/us
/ˈlaɪf.lɑːŋ/
lasting for the whole of a ...
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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 oflifelonganddreamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is little compensation for a young man whoselifelongdreamto serve in the police force now lies shattered.
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He must have great excitement and happiness inside him; at that moment, he is accomplishing alifelongdream.
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However, herlifelongdreamhas been to become a teacher.
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He fulfilled hislifelongdreamby buying and managing his own funeral parlor, but was tormented by memories of the war.
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He said that he wanted to fulfill his father'slifelongdreamof having his two sons play on the same team.
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He wrote hip-hop rhymes and, by the age of 12, he was demoing tracks in studios, fulfilling hislifelongdream.
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This was the realization of herlifelongdreamof owning and operating a professional puppet theater.
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This is where she realizes herlifelongdreamof becoming a professional photographer.
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Renting the theater allowed him to begin fulfilling hislifelongdreamof owning and operating a quality professional theater.
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It's been alifelongdream, really, to play professional baseball.
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She switched gears to writing and illustrating children's books to fulfill alifelongdreamof being a published children's author.
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It was the fulfillment of anotherlifelongdreamto own a station he worked at in his career.
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He believes in the power and magic of education to reach hislifelongdream.
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He proceeds to dedicate himself to fulfilling hislifelongdreamof becoming a professional competitive eater.
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His goal, fulfill alifelongdreamof becoming a professional fighter.
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He had achieved hislifelongdreamas a comedian and had been involved in nearly 190 films.
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Then in 1991, herlifelongdreamof moving to the southwest was finally fulfilled.
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This degree was largely the result of alifelongdreamof teaching.
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His paintings were popular and sold, sometimes for as much as 10 - an encouragement that led to hislifelongdreambeing realised.
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In the same interview she had also said that she was preparing to start a cooking show, which she also described as alifelongdream.
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