Family and school help a child to form personality. ☊ 
Gia đình và trường giúp một đứa trẻ hình thành tính cách. ☊ Verbs 5 like: A child → →
if a child is bad, it is the mother’s fault (proverb) ☊ cháu hư tại bà ☊ (1) [CL for animals and other small objects] (2) child; you (said to a child by a parent); I (said to a parent by a child), I (said by a believer to a religious figure)
(3) young, small, baby ☊
con ☊ the time when a child was born till the end of that year ☊ tuổi mụ ☊ since one was a child (until now) ☊ từ lúc nhỏ đến giờ ☊ make a visiting present to a child of ☊ đón tay ☊ 544
When I was a child, I was afraid of dogs. ☊ Hồi tôi còn nhỏ, tôi sợ chó. ☊ 586
When I was a child, I wanted to be a doctor. ☊ Hồi tôi còn bé tôi muốn làm bác sĩ. ☊ 750
When I was a child, I used to like chocolate. ☊ Hồi tôi còn bé, tôi từng thích ăn chocolat. ☊ 756
When I was a child, I didn't use to like mushrooms. ☊ Hồi tôi còn bé, tôi từng không thích ăn nấm. ☊ 769
When I was a child, I never used to eat meat, but I eat it now. ☊ Hồi tôi còn bé tôi từng không bao giờ chịu ăn thịt, nhưng bây giờ tôi có ăn. ☊ 773
EN What games did you use to play when you were a child? ☊ Cậu từng hay chơi những trò gì khi cậu còn bé? ☊ 2962
My parents were away on business when I was a child, so my grandparents brought me up. > My grandparents raised me. ☊ Bố mẹ tôi đi làm xa khi tôi còn bé nên ông bà tôi đã nuôi tôi lớn. > Ông bà tôi đã nuôi tôi lớn. ☊ adopt sb: to adopt a child ☊ adopt ☊
When you're a child, life is one big adventure. ☊ adventure ☊
She had been there often as a child (= when she was a child). ☊ as ☊
A child is recovering in hospital after a serious attack by a stray dog. ☊ attack ☊
By law, you are a child until you are 18. ☊ by ☊
Certainly, the early years are crucial to a child's development. ☊ certainly ☊
a child of three/a three-year-old child ☊ child ☊
I lived in London as a child. ☊ child ☊
a child star ☊ child ☊
To what degree can parents be held responsible for a child's behaviour? ☊ degree ☊
They desperately wanted a child. ☊ desperately ☊
The discovery of a child's body in the river has shocked the community. ☊ discovery ☊
As a child he was dominated by his father. ☊ dominate ☊
a chance to fulfil a childhood dream ☊ dream ☊
a child's emotional and intellectual development ☊ emotional ☊
An unhappy home environment can affect a child's behaviour. ☊ environment ☊
escape (into sth): As a child he would often escape into a dream world of his own. ☊ escape ☊
Even a child can understand it (= so adults certainly can). ☊ even ☊
A child's vocabulary expands through reading. ☊ expand ☊
That's too much responsibility for a child. ☊ for ☊
forget (that)...: She keeps forgetting (that) I'm not a child any more. ☊ forget ☊
a childhood/family/lifelong friend ☊ friend ☊
She grew up in Boston (= lived there as a child). ☊ grow up ☊
I had an imaginary friend when I was a child. ☊ imaginary ☊
In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child. ☊ law ☊
Nothing can make up for the loss of a child. ☊ make up for sth ☊
mean sth for sb/sth: The chair was clearly meant for a child. ☊ mean ☊
Having a child gave new meaning to their lives. ☊ meaning ☊
He had the body of a man and the mind of a child. ☊ mind ☊
It was a prayer she had learnt as a child. ☊ prayer ☊
rescue sb/sth from sth/sb: He rescued a child from drowning. ☊ rescue ☊
I learnt to ride as a child. ☊ ride ☊
a child seat (= for a child in a car) ☊ seat ☊
Team sports help to develop a child's social skills (= the ability to talk easily to other people and do things in a group). ☊ social ☊
As a child I was surrounded by love and kindness. ☊ surround ☊
Up you come! (= said when lifting a child) ☊ up ☊
Parents are the most important people in a child's world. ☊ world ☊