boyhood

[US]/'bɒɪhʊd/
[UK]/'bɔɪhʊd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. tiden under barndommen når en er en gutt, perioden av en mannens ungdom.
Word Forms
Pluralboyhoods

Example Sentences

the cares of boyhood fleet away .

de bekymringer som ble med barnetiden forsvinner .

The events of his boyhood are shown in a flashback.

Hendelsene fra hans barnetid vises i en flashbakke.

His boyhood conditioned him to hardship.

Hans barnetid forberedte ham på vansker.

In his autobiographical poem ‘The Prelude’, Wordsworth describes his boyhood in the Lakes.

I sin selvbiografiske dikt ‘The Prelude’ beskriver Wordsworth sin barnetid i Lakene.

He saw people as puppets, controlled by some pitiless force much as he, in boyhood, had controlled his own marionettes in his toy theatre, making Mr Punch jibber and squawk in nonsense-language.

Han så folk som dukker, kontrollert av en nådeløs kraft, akkurat som han i barndommen hadde kontrollert sine egne dukkespill i sitt leketøyteater, og fått Mr. Punch til å prate og skrike i nonsensspråk.

He reminisced about his boyhood days spent playing in the fields.

Han minnet om sine barnetidshenvendelser som ble brukt til å spille i feltene.

The novel is a nostalgic look back at the author's boyhood in the countryside.

Romanen er en nostalgiisk blick tilbake på forfatterens barnetid i landet.

During his boyhood, he dreamed of becoming a pilot.

Under hans barnetid drømte han om å bli pilot.

The movie depicts the adventures of a group of friends during their boyhood.

Filmen viser eventyrene til en gruppe venner under deres barnetid.

His boyhood home was a small cottage by the lake.

Hans barnetidshjem var et lite hytte ved innsjøen.

The boyhood friendships often last a lifetime.

Vennskapene fra barnetiden varer ofte en livstid.

He still has vivid memories of his boyhood summers spent at the beach.

Han har fortsatt levende minner om sine sommerferier under barnetiden på stranden.

The boyhood experiences shaped him into the person he is today.

Barnetidsopplevelsene formet ham til den person han er i dag.

In his boyhood, he was known for his mischievous pranks.

Under hans barnetid var han kjent for sine uvennlige skikkelser.

The boyhood innocence gradually fades as one grows older.

Barnetidsinnocence forsvinner gradvis når man blir eldre.

Real-world Examples

Father likes to tell us tales of his boyhood.

Faren liker å fortelle oss historier fra hans barndom.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

The Mountain of my boyhood. Half as big but twice as mad.

Fjellene fra min barndom. Halv så store, men dobbelt så nakne.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Feast for Crows (Bilingual Edition)

I mean this is my boyhood dream, and I finally made it happen.

Jeg mener dette er min barndoms drøm, og jeg endelig gjorde det til virkelighet.

Source: VOA Standard Speed Compilation June 2016

After its publication, Tom Sawyer quickly became a classic tale of American boyhood.

Etter publikasjonen ble Tom Sawyer raskt en klassisk fortelling om amerikansk barndom.

Source: Stories of World Celebrities: Literary Figures and Poets

Of all the birds of our groves and meadows, the bobolink was the envy of my boyhood.

Av alle fuglene i våre skoger og marker var bobolinken det jeg hadde mest av med min barndom.

Source: American Elementary School Original Language Course (Volume 5)

65. My neighbor has had an obesity problem since boyhood and easily gains weight with his lifestyle.

65. Min nabo har hatt et overvektproblem siden barndommen og legger på vekt lett med sin livsstil.

Source: 120 sentences

But in fact, they had a poor boyhood.

Men i virkeligheten hadde de en elendig barndom.

Source: Pan Pan

The morning dawn of boyhood with its delicate bloom, its joy of innocence and expectation you had left far behind.

Morgendøra av barndommen med sin delikate blomstring, sin glede over uskyld og forventning du hadde lagt langt bak deg.

Source: From deep within.

You could also talk about " boyhood" or " girlhood."

Du kunne også snakke om "barndom" eller "jenterdom".

Source: 2014 English Cafe

I saw my boyhood friends blown to bits.

Jeg så mine barndomsvenner blitt kastet i biter.

Source: movie

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