young recruit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofyoungandrecruit
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young
adjective
uk/jʌŋ/us/jʌŋ/
having lived or existed for only a short time and ...
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recruit
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈkruːt/us/rɪˈkruːt/
a new member of an organization, especially ...
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(Definition ofyoungandrecruitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The pay is too low to attract the right type ofyoungrecruit.
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If thatyoungrecruitwere asked to serve in an area of conflict, there would be no right to refuse.
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If that ton of fuel can be used for taking theyoungrecruitto different parts of the world, it will be well spent.
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It is not merely a question of giving an increased rate of pay, because theyoungrecruitis too fly for that.
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Any one of those could have been ayoungrecruit, because accidents will and do happen, and are more likely to happen with younger recruits.
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As a rule, theyoungrecruiton joining has had little education.
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These would give the older men suitable employment and leave theyoungrecruitto learn to be a soldier.
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However, once enlisted and after just six months, ayoungrecruitis bound until his 22nd birthday.
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Then ayoungrecruitcould join his unit soon after reaching the age of 17.
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It is impossible to give theyoungrecruittoo much to eat.
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I thought that the cavalry were obsolete, but anyone looking at the advertisement would imagine that ayoungrecruitwould be able to ride about the country on a horse.
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If thatyoungrecruitchose to leave, without permission, the grounds of the military base on which he was based, he would be detained and arrested.
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An uneducatedyoungrecruitcould become a military leader, elected by their fellow professional soldiers, perhaps based on merit.
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Now the strain of being responsible for thisyoungrecruit(a potential brother-in-law) is an additional burden.
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Optimus found himself having to deal with theyoungrecruit, who often acted impulsively and thus put himself and others at risk.
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These practices include the separation of young recruits from kin, the institutional replication of kin roles and terms, and the promotion of phenotypic similarity via uniforms and the like.
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We all want tough, well-trained soldiers, but that is entirely different from brutalised young recruits.
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What action has been taken to ensure that young recruits do not have unsupervised access to live ammunition?
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Experienced police officers have a fund of professional knowledge and judgment which simply cannot be replaced by finding new young recruits.
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The opportunities for overseas service will be limited, as is normal for young recruits who go into the training procedures.
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