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The Life99 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

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This sentence is in a cambridge dictionary;

There was https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/great sibling https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/rivalry (= https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/competition) between Peter and his https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/brother.

What means sibling in this case ? and why was the two words ( sibling https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/rivalry )written so one after the other?

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A sibling is a brother or sister. Sibling rivalry means rivalry between children in a family.

— Blue Jay

  • A sibling is a brother or sister.
  • Sibling rivalry means rivalry between children in a family.
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A sibling is a brother or sister. Sibling rivalry means rivalry between children in a family.

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Sibling rivalry is a common issue for parents. The first born child will be an only child until the second is born. It is normal for the first born to be jealous of the younger sibling.

You can read about it here: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/sibling-rivalry.html

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