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nephew English

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What does nephew mean?
Definitions in simple English

nephew

A nephew is the male child of someone's sister or brother, and is a part of their extended family. My sister just had a baby boy. He is my nephew.

nephew

a son of your brother or sister

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What do people use nephew to talk about?
  • What words refer to your brother's child?
  • What words refer to your sister's child?

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Simple sentences

My nephew is twelve.
My nephew was accustomed to sitting up late.
A nephew is a son of one's brother or sister.
John is my nephew.
My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
My nephew is allergic to eggs.
My sister's son Jimmy is my favorite nephew.
His nephew was absorbed in the splendid fireworks.
His nephew was brought up to be modest and considerate.
He is not my son, but my nephew.
All her money went to her nephew.
My nephew works as a computer engineer.
Tom is Mary's nephew.
He's practically my brother: a nephew of the uncle of a cousin of an acquaintance of mine.
Can I marry my aunt's husband's nephew?
John isn't my brother; he's my nephew.
Tom isn't Mary's son, but her nephew.
My nephew is from Ethiopia. He is Ethiopian.
My sister's son is our nephew.
Today I picked up my four-year-old nephew from kindergarten.
Tom is my nephew.
Is Tom your nephew?

Movie subtitles

Hey, the prodigal nephew. Huh?
I'm looking for your nephew. Dion?
I'm so sorry to hear about your nephew's predicament. I.
She's probably sick with worry because he's also secreting away his nephew, Vinnie Petrovic.
With his nephew.
Pierre here is his nephew!
The Baron von Chanterelle does not wish for his lineage to die out and therefore invites all of the region's maidens to gather in the marketplace so that his nephew, the sole heir, may choose a fitting maiden to take as his wife.
Your nephew Lancelot!
Out of grief over his lost nephew Baron von Chanterelle sees his end approaching.
Ossi, the daughter of the well-known dollmaker Hilarius, and Lancelot, nephew of the Baron Chanterelle, were legally married..
George Hugon, the Count of Vandeuvres's nephew.
His Excellence, the Count von Schwarzenberg, is arranging a wild boar hunt.in the forests of his estate, in honor of the engagement of his daughter, Countess Margaret.to his nephew, Baron Waldis Schwarzenberg.
But I'm more than Caesar's nephew, I'm his heir.
My nephew. I met him when I was there a few years ago and took a great fancy to him.
I'm looking for your nephew.
We must make you very beautiful, Catherine, very, very beautiful. so that my nephew will fall in love with you.
She's reserved for my nephew and being taught how to earn his love first. before wasting her favours on others.
Oh, dear me. David Copperfield was my favorite nephew.
Far better than my impractical Nephew would have done.
That's Ham, her nephew.
I'm your nephew.
But if any more of your citizens are found stark and cold. just remember, nephew warned you.
Yes, my nephew has similar ideas.
As a gesture toward the best friend that opera ever had, the late Mr Semple, it's fitting his nephew, Longfellow Deeds, be made our next chairman.
Your nephew is a superb soldier.
By the way, do you know my nephew, Henry Hoyer?
Your nephew's polite, treating me like a beggar!
You're my nephew, the only relative that I have left.
He was a nephew and a son-in-law of Mr. Ono.
When my nephew gets through with them, they'll be antique.
The boss is handing over the business to his nephew. He's holding a farewell party tomorrow, for his co-workers.
My nephew Victor.
I am convinced that my nephew will carry on in my footsteps, to the good of us all.
Yes, sir. She has her nephew with her.
It was a surprise to me. This is the new Mrs. Bailey, my nephew's wife.
You know, your nephew, remember?
My dear monsieur, my dear nephew.
All night long, our dear Gabriel has bent over his printing press in the cellar to make these for you, Monsieur, and for you, my dear nephew.
My dear nephew, you know the driver is my sweetheart.
You are not his nephew.
My nephew died recently.

News and current affairs

Daunting challenges face Batlle's great-nephew.
Also killed in the attack was Jaber's nephew, a policeman who had come to offer protection to his uncle.
Boutros Ghali, nephew of the former UN Secretary-General, Interior Minister Habib Aladli, and such powerful figures as Ibrahim Suleiman and Safwat Sharif are engaged in similar deals, sometimes in partnership with Mubarak's sons.
His nephew was a hardliner during negotiations to release political prisoners, as well as during talks to end the street clashes of November 2011.
With the assassination of King Faisal in 1975 by his nephew, the Sudeiri branch of the family became its dominant faction.
But my loan did help, eventually Hal's business recovered, my nephew was born and--much later--the apartment remodeling project came to a successful conclusion.
Patimat Suleimanova, the Tsarnaevs' aunt in Dagestan, explained that her older nephew never prayed before he went to America at age 16.
While the Central Security Service, led by Saleh's nephew Yahya, has received millions of dollars to fight al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, al-Ahmar has been left out of the economic bonanza.
For many Palestinians, Qudwa, a soft-spoken, multi-lingual nationalist (and Arafat's nephew), presents an acceptable face for Palestine locally and internationally.

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