ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BROTHER
Old English brōthor; related to Old Norse brōthir, Old High German bruoder, Latin frāter, Greek phratēr, Sanskrit bhrātar.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROTHER»
The term «brother» is very widely used and occupies the
3.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
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10 QUOTES WITH «BROTHER»
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brother.
My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular class called Family Living, the precursor to Sociology, which he eventually taught. My grandmother was a beloved one-room school teacher at Knob School, near Sonora in Larue County, Ky.
When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.
The first time I met Leo Messi, I didn't know who he was, only that I couldn't believe the boots he was wearing. But he is like a brother to me. It was at the start of 2005, when I was with the Argentine under-17 squad and I saw him chatting with Ezequiel Garay and some other players about the boots he'd brought back from the U.S.A.
I was kind of a bully, even though I'm tiny, 5' 2". As a child, I'd boss other kids around and dress my little brother up, just putting on shows, singing and dressing up.
I don't deal with death very well. My brother, John Candy, my dad, my mom, Brandon Tartikoff just a couple of weeks ago. I mean, you lose a lot of people in your life, and that's one thing I am constantly working on - pain management.
I refused to conform to an image that a lot of people thought a president's brother should adopt.
He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit.
My grandmother spent her whole life working as a maid, a cook and a babysitter, barely scraping by, but still working hard to give my mother, her only child, a chance in life, so that my mother could give my brother and me an even better one.
My first conscious thought of 'I should be like that and not like this' was probably at about six, and I was playing with... I have a twin brother, and we were playing with our twin cousins, who are a boy and a girl.
When me and my brother Eagle-Eye were kids, life was about hitting the road, getting on the bus. We loved it.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROTHER»
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brother in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brother and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Presents a poem Sendak wrote to pay homage to his late brother, Jack, whom he credited for his passion for writing and drawing.
My Brother Sam Is Dead is a stirring, probing tale full of action and suspense, putting listeners right into the heart of the Revolutionary War.
James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier, 2012
Marcus, a.k.a “w1n5t0n,” is only seventeen years old, but he figures he already knows how the system works–and how to work the system.
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James the
Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking the Secrets ...
By rescuing James from the oblivion into which he was cast, the final conclusion of James the Brother of Jesus is, in the words of The Jerusalem Post, "apocalyptic" —who and whatever James was, so was Jesus.
A child eagerly welcomes home his new baby brother.
At the crossroads between legal thriller and a sophisticated examination of relationships and broken bonds, BROTHER is the story of two brothers and four friends who face difficult choices as they struggle to combat the evils that confront ...
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Big
Brother International: Formats, Critics and Publics
Modernism and the Architecture of Private Life offers a bold new assessment of the role of the domestic sphere in modernist literature, architecture, and design.
Ernest Mathijs, Janet Jones, 2004
Intelligent, driven, and charismatic, Baby Brother had resisted the lure of Brooklyn street life and was headed for Stanford University on a pre-med scholarship.
The Apache chief, Cochise, and Tom Jeffords, government scout, succeed in achieving peace after the army fails
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Three Weeks with My
Brother
And in the process, they discovered startling truths about loss, love, and hope.Narrated with irrepressible humor and rare candor, and including personal photos, THREE WEEKS WITH MY BROTHER reminds us to embrace life with all its ...
Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROTHER»
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brother is used in the context of the following news items.
Zac Efron's Brother Dylan Efron Is Just as Hot as He Is!
The poem read: "My brother is a movie star / And is only sixteen / He doesn't have a job yet / Still, he thinks he is the queen / If he lost me at a ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
In and Out of Sync
Everyone's smiling for the sake of the others, but just about anyone who finds power in the Big Brother house this week has an ulterior motive. «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
Big Brother Spoilers: Who Got The 7th Phone Call 'Last Laugh' Twist …
The latest Big Brother Takeover twist has hit the house, but the action took place behind closed Feeds leaving Feedsters temporarily in the dark ... «Big Brother Network, Jul 15»
Jury convicts Hartford man of helping brother in murder
NEW MILFORD — A Hartford man has been convicted of aiding his brother in the murder of a man who was shot and killed in a charter school ... «FOX CT, Jul 15»
The Bachelorette: Kaitlyns Sex Confession and One Angry Eskimo …
... dating competition 'The Bachelorette,' Kaitlyn admitted she had sex with Nick to noted 'Eskimo Brother' Shawn, who then sought revenge. «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
Big Brother's Bex Shiner regrets Jedward tattoo to boost Twitter …
The star was 'devastated' after having her account on the social media website deleted, allegedly by an aggrieved ex-boyfriend. Desperate to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Prince Charming plan: Disney to make live-action movie about …
Prince Charming will not follow the titular character, but rather his brother who has struggled to compete thanks to a lack of charm. The script ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
'Big Brother' wins - but loses - the ratings game on CBS
“Big Brother” made it through the first two weeks of Season 17 as an exemplar of what is happening to the major broadcast networks in general. «OCRegister, Jul 15»
Richard Matt's half-brother: I still have nightmares of him cutting my …
In December 1997 Schimpf realized how sinister his half-brother really was. Matt confessed to him that he murdered and dismembered his ... «WNYT, Jul 15»
TV Ratings Sunday: Women's World Cup Scores Record High; 'Big …
On CBS, Big Brother earned a Sunday series low 1.5, down 20 percent from last week's 1.8 adults 18-49 rating. On NBC, NASCAR Sprint Cup ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jul 15»
