ADJ

excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive
bad, poor, short
long-term, short-term
His short-term memory was damaged in the accident
visual
Bad spellers have a weak visual memory
photographic

VERB + MEMORY

jog, refresh
Seeing your name in the paper jogged my memory
lose
Most people start to lose their memory as they get older
commit sth to
I committed the number to memory and threw the letter away

PREP

from ~
He recited the whole poem from memory
~ for
I have a good memory for faces

PHRASES

in living/recent memory
the coldest winter in living memory

ADJ

childhood, early
My earliest childhood memory is of falling in a pond in winter
dim, distant, fading, hazy, vague
clear, vivid
affectionate, fond, good, happy, lovely, nostalgic, pleasant, positive, precious, sweet, warm, wonderful
bitter-sweet
bad, bitter, disturbing, embarrassing, horrific, painful, sad, traumatic, unhappy, unpleasant
abiding, enduring, lasting, lingering
My abiding memory of our first meeting is of a girl too shy to talk

VERB + MEMORY

bring back, evoke, rekindle, revive, stir (up)
blot out
He tried to blot out his memories of the ordeal

MEMORY + VERB

come flooding back, flood back
When we visited my old family home, memories came flooding back
fade

PREP

in ~ of
He planted some apple trees in memory of his wife
~ from
Smells and tastes often evoke memories from the past
~ of
fond memories of her childhood