troubled background

collocation in English

meaningsoftroubledandbackground

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troubled
adjective
uk
/ˈtrʌb.əld/us
/ˈtrʌb.əld/
having problems ...
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background
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/us
/ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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(Definition oftroubledandbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftroubled background

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The other patient could not recall his education owing to atroubledbackground.
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He obviously came from atroubledbackground.
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This defendant has a verytroubledbackground.
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He would probably be about 25, and would have a difficult,troubledbackground.
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One point, however, emerges firm and constant from thistroubledbackground.
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I shall not give the reply, but it was another indicator of the kind oftroubledbackgroundfrom which he came.
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The period since the war has been one of special difficulty, because of thetroubledbackgroundin almost all regions of the world.
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She is depicted as having a somewhattroubledbackgroundwith a difficult family history.
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She comes from atroubledbackgroundherself, having been abandoned by both of her parents, and lives with her grandmother.
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Given hertroubledbackground, she also possesses a surprisingly good sense of humor, which often comes out at odd moments.
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She is usually attracted to bad boys and has been known in the past to be a heartbreaker due to hertroubledbackgroundand messy romantic history.
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Socha is capable of so much more but if she is not careful she could end up being typecast as the hard-nosed girl from thetroubledbackground.
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