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ADJECTIVE▪ junior, senior▪ local, private, public▪ CatholicVERB + HIGH SCHOOL▪ enter, start▪ go to▪
I went to high school in Ohio.
▪ complete, finish, graduate from▪ drop out of▪He dropped out of high school when he was seventeen.
HIGH-SCHOOL + NOUN▪ class▪Jessica went to Yale after graduating at the top of her high-school class.
▪ freshman, junior, senior, sophomore▪ grad (AmE, informal), graduate▪ dropout▪ buddy (informal), classmate, friend, sweetheart▪He married his high-school sweetheart.
▪ dance, graduation, prom▪ degree, diploma▪ education▪ career▪During her high-school career in Virginia she won ten state titles.
▪ days, years▪Mitsuka was almost at the end of her high-school years.
▪ yearbook▪ reunion▪ athlete, cheerleader, coach, player▪ athletics, ball (AmE), basketball, football, etc.▪He played high-school ball at St. Peters.
▪ gym▪ biology, chemistry, etc.▪ level▪physics classes at the high-school level
PREPOSITION▪ after high school▪What do you plan to do after high school?
▪ during high school▪Janine dated many boys during high school.
▪ from high school▪an old friend from high school
▪ in high school▪I was a senior in high school.
▪We knew each other back in high school.
▪I'd known her since my sophomore year in high school.
▪ through high school▪She had good grades all the way through high school.
PHRASES▪ fresh out of high school, right out of high school, straight out of high school▪an 18-year-old kid who is fresh out of high school
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
