See bror in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
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"english": "sibling",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"english": "I think about you often. If you had been my own brother, then I too would have turned into a monster without words.",
"ref": "1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno:",
"text": "Jag tänker på dig ofta. Om du varit min egen bror, då hade också jag förvandlats till ett monster utan ord.",
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"text": "BROR, jag vet ja alltid kommer älska dig, jag kommer på direkten om de e nånting som händer dig",
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{
"word": "farbror"
},
{
"word": "lillebror"
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{
"word": "morbror"
},
{
"word": "storebror"
},
{
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},
{
"english": "sibling",
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"word": "syskon"
},
{
"english": "sister",
"translation": "sister",
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55
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"english": "I think about you often. If you had been my own brother, then I too would have turned into a monster without words.",
"ref": "1994, Uno Svenningsson, “Under ytan [Beneath the Surface]”, in Uno:",
"text": "Jag tänker på dig ofta. Om du varit min egen bror, då hade också jag förvandlats till ett monster utan ord.",
"translation": "I think about you often. If you had been my own brother, then I too would have turned into a monster without words.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a brother, a contracted form of broder"
],
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],
[
"broder",
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],
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7
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"english": "Ey, bro, come [to] here [hither]!",
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"translation": "Ey, bro, come [to] here [hither]!",
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},
{
"english": "\"BRO, I know I'll always love you, I'll be there at once if something happens to you\"",
"ref": "2009, Ken Ring, “\"Bror\"”, in Hip Hop:",
"text": "BROR, jag vet ja alltid kommer älska dig, jag kommer på direkten om de e nånting som händer dig",
"translation": "\"BRO, I know I'll always love you, I'll be there at once if something happens to you\"",
"type": "quotation"
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}
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