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BROTHER

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brother substantiv

1. (plural brothers) frate;

full brother frate bun, frate de sânge;

the brothers Brown, the Brown brothers fraţii Brown;

(com.) Jones Brothers, Jones Bros firma fraţii Jones.

2. plural brethren (fig.) frate, tovarăş; camarad, confrate, coleg.

3. plural brethren (bis.) frate.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

But why should this man pretend to be his own brother?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suspicion fell upon the maid of the Princess, who was an Italian, and it was proved that she had a brother in London, but we failed to trace any connection between them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Of all her wandering brood of brothers he had always been her favorite.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

But perhaps my brother's penetration may enable him to have some insight into his character.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

“Billee” and “Joe” he called them, two brothers, and true huskies both.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

And in this his brothers and sisters were one with him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“I’d give five hundred dollars, though,” he added, “just to be aboard the Macedonia for five minutes, listening to my brother curse.”

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

You will let me be like a brother, will you not, for all our lives—for dear Lucy's sake?

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

You will be thinking about one or more family members—your parents, sister, or brother—or you may be concentrating on a home situation.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

“Judging by its effect upon my brother, I should think it must be a most extraordinary one.”

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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