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Definitions in simple English

young

If you are young, you have not lived a long time. She was only a young girl. The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters. He is very young. They were friends from his young manhood.

young

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth young people any immature animal (= new) (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity new potatoes young corn being in its early stage a young industry the day is still young (= youth) young people collectively rock music appeals to the young youth everywhere rises in revolt suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh he is young for his age (= unseasoned, untested, untried) not tried or tested by experience unseasoned artillery volunteers still untested in battle an illustrator untried in mural painting a young hand at plowing

Young

United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) English poet (1683-1765) United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829) United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

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Simple sentences

Peter looks very young.
A very pleasant young woman waited on me in the department store.
The shop was crowded with young people.
The president was a farmer when he was young.
She must have been very young when she wrote this poem.
You are too young to travel alone.
The young girl wanted to be a star of the silver screen.
You're too young to marry.
The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.
He looks young. He cannot be older than I.
You are young. I, on the contrary, am very old.
You had better take into consideration that you are no longer young.
You're still too young to get a driver's license.
Your mother must have been beautiful when she was young.
You are young boys.
Young people wear their hair long these days.
Many young Japanese travel overseas these days.
The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
Many young people go abroad during summer vacation.
Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.
As I entered a tearoom, I found two young men watching a wrestling match on television.
We must instill patriotism into the young people of today.
Nobody is equal to this young woman in the field of music.
He makes young girls' hearts flutter.
To study English is important for today's young people.
In general, young people dislike formality.

Movie subtitles

Henry V himself became King at the age of 26, and was dead from dysentery by 35 - a reminder, by the way, that most history is made by young people.
That young man spoke to God!
Just like the way the Hobbits all stood up against Brigham Young's killers!
Down from the mountain look who comes: the American warlord Brigham Young!
I am Brigham Young.
Joseph Smith took his magical fuck frog and rubbed it upon Brigham Young's clit face.
Brigham Young was so grateful, he decided to join the Mormons on their journey.
Brigham Young, you take the golden plates and lead the Mormons to the Promised Laaaand!
And it was this way on young Venus, too.
Dr Mark Young is an astrobiologist looking very closely at Yellowstone's hot springs.
I may not know your situation, how can this happen to a young Lady like you?
That young master didn't look like talking an empty word.
But then, it's a good thing you didn't meet that Young Master last time.
That saying, that Miss could rest peacefully now because of you, Young Master.
At the end of the 1920s the young astronomer Jan Oort derived the rotation of the Galaxy from movements of the stars in the Sun's neighbourhood.
It's another country, young man.
Young or old, but rich. You're pretty, you'll get your pick.
They've giving land to young soldiers who've completed 5 of their 7 years of service.
I've just received word you'll be serving under the young duke of Aumale who'll command Yusuf's unit.
The young lieutenant?
Welcome, young sir.
He took a new wife. Very young.
There're many young officers from good families in Algiers.
You're too young, practically brother and sister.
I was young, a harem slave.
A dangerous battlefield is no place for a young female civilian to hang out.
The impoverished young maid, the sole survivor of the bloodbath, was taken by Torarin to come live with him and his mother in their cottage.
It was the womenfolk of Marstrand, both young and old.
She knew at that point, after she'd had several encounters with this guy, it turned out to be young Peter hale that was just a figment of her imagination.
Making your own fortune at a young age.
When I, the old one, have it safely, you, the young one, raise it.
Young Master.
How did you live in this kind of town? But then, it's a good thing you didn't meet that Young Master last time.
Young Master, they're saying to hurry up.
It's that Young Master!
Young Master, you are coming to your senses?
YOUNG MASTER!
Well, if we think in that way, you are also similar to them as you aren't interested in anything about the world, Young Master.
I should thank the Young Master though..
I'm sorry. I was just looking for you, Young Master.

News and current affairs

Despite increasing incomes, Russians are less educated and less healthy than they were when Putin came to power; they still die at a shockingly young age.
More importantly, not only in the German team, but also in the country as a whole, a young, cool, laid-back, and carefree Germany is raising its head - a Germany that is cosmopolitan, friendly, and good-humored.
Spain, Argentina, and Germany, to name but a few countries, have put forward very young teams that have played an impressive game.
On the French, English, and Portuguese teams, too, it is the young players that have shone - despite the continuing presence of Zidane, Beckham, and Figo.
Even the Brazilian squad is looking more aggressive and likely to score with young players like Robinho and Juninho than with their aging champions from 2002.
Unlike economic globalization, however, it remains to be seen whether this new, fast-paced style of soccer will prevail (after all, the young blood of Spain lost to the Old Boys of France).
For now, we have a World Cup filled with soccer that is being shaped by a new, young generation both on and off the playing field - light-hearted, enthralling, and beautiful to watch.
At home, Sarkozy has aimed his message particularly at the young, issuing a patriotic call to the values of work and discipline, a counter-revolutionary revolution.
Decreased rates of household formation - young Americans, for example, are increasingly moving back in with their parents - depress housing prices, leading to still more foreclosures.
The pain that Europe, especially its poor and young, is suffering is unnecessary.
None of this will be possible unless Afghanistan's young males are disarmed and given productive work.
Why do Europe and America support a blockade of young minds?
A few months later, he supported a group of young officers who called for army reform and the ouster of General Militaru, the then Defense Minister and a suspected KGB agent.
Militaru was sacked, but when Stanculescu became minister he cashiered the young officers who had helped him.
Pessimism about employment is alarmingly high among young people, while corruption and government mismanagement are regarded as being widespread.
In the Arab world, too, from Tunis to Cairo, young women have played an important role in the revolutionary process.
This means that someone - a husband or mother-in-law - had taken the decision not to send the young woman to the hospital, instead keeping her in inhuman suffering for nearly a week.
KABUL - Recently, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) office in Kudoz province reported the rescue of a young woman who had been imprisoned in her in-laws' dungeon for seven months.
There was also Gulnaz, a young woman who was jailed for adultery after being raped by a relative (she was recently released after a presidential pardon, but may be forced to marry her attacker).
The husband of another young woman, Aisha, cut off her nose and ears when she ran away.
The performers were a troupe of young African singers, drummers and dancers, ranging in age from roughly eight to 28.
And, indeed, these young people laughed and danced not only in harmony but with a joie de vivre that lit up their faces and filled us all with happiness.
How do you choose to treat a young girl but not her little brother?
In Kampala, I promised my young friends that I would do everything I could to help.
Among the numerous victims, perhaps the most bizarre case was that of a young journalist named Bagauda Kaltho.
Other contenders, like Abu Jihad and Abu Iyad, were assassinated, and Faisal al-Husseini - the only major leader to rise to prominence within the West Bank and Gaza Strip - died young.
A total of almost 1.5 million young soldiers from both North and South Korea face off against each across the heavily armed Demilitarized Zone.
Hundreds of other young people trapped in the Gaza Strip have won admission to study abroad.
Most societies recognize a moral obligation to help ensure that young people can live up to their potential.
As a result, the US is wasting some of its most valuable assets, with some young people - bereft of skills - turning to dysfunctional activities.

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