troubled past

collocation in English

meaningsoftroubledandpast

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troubled
adjective
uk
/ˈtrʌb.əld/us
/ˈtrʌb.əld/
having problems ...
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past
noun[S]
uk
/pɑːst/us
/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition oftroubledandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The accession countries have atroubledpastand have not always had the benefit of freedom of movement and speech.
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For those children, the care system does not provide the stability that they need to overcome theirtroubledpastand build a successful future.
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The civil war in 1994 was a reminder of thetroubledpast.
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She appears cold, and arrogant, but her tough exterior hides atroubledpast.
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The story follows a young woman with atroubledpastwho has a hard time dealing with the reality of her new surroundings.
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Afterwards, the girls were told that they needed to revisit theirtroubledpast.
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Maita is the result of hertroubledpast.
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Hertroubledpasthaunts her, as she confronts her own deep-seated vulnerabilities in the face of an impossible love.
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Tabitha has atroubledpastand a criminal father.
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Garrett has frequently spoofed histroubledpastand participates in a wide variety of sketches and skits written specially for him by the show's producers.
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He has his owntroubledpastand seems to be seeking to redeem himself from something in his past.
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She keeps an uptight attitude and is optimistic despite hertroubledpastwith her parents.
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The song's female narrator, a young woman who is frustrated by atroubledpastwith a former ex, tells him that she'll move on in her red high heels.
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This hospital has had atroubledpast.
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Rouhani stated that more time was needed to organise a proper meeting between the two countries' leaders due to thetroubledpastrelationship of the two nations.
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Dan has atroubledpastwith his father, but he is well liked by everyone else.
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Jeff had atroubledpast, he was thrown into jail multiple times.
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