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memory in English:

1. memorize memorize


The teacher said that we must memorize these idioms.
I just can't memorize students' names.
You should memorize as many English words as possible.
It took me two hours to memorize this sentence.
He was able to memorize that poem when he was five years old.
Do you know a good way to memorize new vocabulary?
He tried to memorize the conversation.
Memorize it well.
A player has to memorize words.
Memorize this paragraph until you can say it fluently.
I can't memorize so many of these letters.
I read the play aloud so that I could memorize all the lines.

2. the amount of information that can be stored on a computer or other electronic device



3. recollection


I have a faint recollection of the event.
Tom only had a dim recollection of what Mary looked like.
She has no recollection of the events preceding the accident.
to the best of my recollection
I have absolutely no recollection of it being put there.
My earliest recollections are of my mother bending over my cot.
I have many pleasant recollections of the time we spent together.
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
My recollections of my childhood are very hazy.
It is just my recollection that there remained no more than 20 people in the village.

English word "memory"(recollection) occurs in sets:

Advanced 3 (Just for the Health of It!)

4. retrieves information