father
/ˈfɑðɝ/
nouna child's male parent
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1. Sara is watching her father.
2. Sara's father stays at home.
3. Now you believe your father's lies about her!
4. In one case, a man fathered a child that had his twin’s DNA!
5. In the lions' territory, The cubs' father arrives back from his sojourn.
mother
/ˈməðɝ/
nouna child's female parent
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1. The company's marketing plan will be aimed at the parents, specifically the mothers.
2. After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park.
3. She told me that my mother died in hospital.
4. Spartan girls lived at home with their mothers as they attended school.
5. My mother believed in dreams and possibilities.
brother
/ˈbɹəðɝ/
nouna man who shares a mother and father with us
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1. The titles husband, father, son, and brother define his status within the context of family.
2. Joan had two brothers.
3. He frisked both of my brothers, who were 15 and 16, against the rail on the second floor.
4. Brother: Get that cacao?
5. - I want brother.
sister
/ˈsɪstɝ/
nouna lady who shares a mother and father with us
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1. This is his sister Katharine.
2. My sister's got a little hotel by the sea.
3. Sister Knows Best.
4. Well, sister, pick one.
5. Sister needs some money.
daughter
/ˈdɔtɝ/
nouna person's female child
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1. "She's my daughter."
2. Everybody likes his daughter.
3. When he hugged his daughter to soothe his pain, he realized his mistake too late.
4. -My daughter ran in.
5. And now, daughter, have no fear.
son
/ˈsən/
nouna person's male child
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1. The titles husband, father, son, and brother define his status within the context of family.
2. She had a son, who was eighteen years old at that time.
3. Her son, Peter, was twenty years old then.
4. I have no wife, and no sons.
5. His wife and son ran toward him.
grandfather
/ˈɡɹænˌfɑðɝ/, /ˈɡɹændˌfɑðɝ/
nounthe man who is our mom or dad's father
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1. My grandfather wrote about 60 years ago.
2. - Your grandfather sued the government.
3. So my grandfather owned a couple of restaurants around barbecue.
4. "Grandfathers Accidentally Switched at Hospital".
5. My grandfather could lift a horse.
grandmother
/ˈɡɹændˌməðɝ/
nounthe woman who is our mom or dad's mother
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1. She doesn't want to lose her grandmother again.
2. The grandmothers speak a different language.
3. Grandmothers do.
4. Grandmothers are the unsung heroes in our society.
5. grandmother loves you guys.
aunt
/ˈænt/, /ˈɔnt/
nounthe sister of our mother or father or their sibling's wife
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1. - You said aunt though.
2. We say aunt.
3. I use aunt.
4. Her aunt had recognized the surname as that of her mother's high school prom date.
5. Is aunt Rachael's almond milk?
uncle
/ˈəŋkəɫ/
nounthe brother of our father or mother or their sibling's husband
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1. More specifically, executing his uncle.
2. My uncle used to grow yams.
3. - Anyway, so then my uncle sets off the fireworks in my mom's living room.
4. Is that uncle over there?
5. - My uncle wrote this part.
nephew
/ˈnɛfju/
nounour sister or brother's son, or the son of our husband or wife's siblings
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1. My nephew draws better.
2. - Leave your nephews alone.
3. - Leave your nephews alone.
4. My nephews also had trouble with that word.
5. No, his nephew just received some kicks and nothing else.
niece
/ˈnis/
nounour sister or brother's daughter, or the daughter of our husband or wife's siblings
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1. I asked my niece.
2. My niece is actually in the hospital right now.
3. My niece is adorable.
4. - My niece designed this.
5. My niece went crazy.
cousin
/ˈkəzən/
nounour aunt or uncle's child
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1. Cousins, sound off!
2. What’s buzzin', cousin?
3. Your father, Tup of Toffee and my father, Skeets Luko were cousins.
4. Your father, Tup o' Coffee, and my father, Skeets Luco, were cousins.
5. - What number cousins? -
wife
/ˈwaɪf/
nounthe lady you are officially married to
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1. Then he married, so he thought, 'Now my wife's going to make my sandwiches.'
2. 'I'm going to be your faithful and beautiful wife.'
3. I have no wife, and no sons.
4. His wife and son ran toward him.
5. Wives know that, but anyway.
