nostalgic memory

collocation in English

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nostalgic
adjective
uk
/nɒsˈtæl.dʒɪk/us
/nɑːˈstæl.dʒɪk/
feeling happy and also slightly sad when you think about things that happened in ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofnostalgicandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Their nostalgic memories do not include security guards, police officers, health care workers, media or public intellectuals' surveillance.
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Nicholas is an illustration of an ideal childhood and anostalgicmemoryof the 1950s.
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But decisions on closures cases cannot be taken on the basis of nostalgic memories.
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Our minds and thoughts seem to be too much conditioned by nostalgic memories of our past rôle, achievements and glories.
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My other nostalgic memories come from the other end of my legal career.
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It is really an expression of nostalgic memories.
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It still conjures up nostalgic memories; and the strains of the old regimental march still stir my blood.
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Some of us share the nostalgic memories of leaving our doors wide open and our cars unprotected.
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I have nostalgic memories of that passage of arms.
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Some of us have spent some of our happiest professional days in some of the courts which are to disappear and will have nostalgic memories of them.
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He brought back nostalgic memories.
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The raging snowstorm also suggests impending death, which is combated against through the family's nostalgic memories.
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Jayan has acted in several memorable song sequences which bring about nostalgic memories about the actor.
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All together the work represents a time period of living and working and at the same time evokes nostalgic memories of the past.
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The show was intended to bring back nostalgic memories about one's days in school, and the show became very popular.
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If lovers of music had nostalgic memories, the musicians were totally frustrated.
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Sor reveals in writings, mainly from the last ten years of his life, that he was greatly attached to this place, and had fond, nostalgic memories of his childhood there.
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With his eyes sparkling with nostalgic memories, he takes a trip down memory lane and what he recalls about his college days forms the main part of the story.
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