older brother; elder brother
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
considerably; greatly; a lot
this occasion; at this time; now
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
shed; shelter; terminal (e.g. cargo, airport, etc.); temporary covering of a building being built
(present) head of a family
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
greeting; a fine thing to say
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
missing person; wanted person
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
old friend; old acquaintance
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
parent-child relationship
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
internal conditions; true state of affairs
as a child; when one was a child
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to be greedy; to devour greedily