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older in English:

1. old old


My father is old.
The old cottage had only one bed, so we all took turns sleeping in it.
Old homes, especially traditional Japanese ones, can be damp and unfriendly to modern life.
Since he is old, this task must be difficult for him.
When poverty comes in the door, love flies out the window is a saying as old as it is sad.
Are you seriously thinking about buying that old car?
My twelve year old boy doesn't like to play baseball.
I think it's unlikely that Tom would be interested in buying your old MP3 player.
It's no good making the same old products year after year.
He persuaded his firm to let him go back to his old job.
Blues singer and guitarist Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old on May 8th of 2011 if he hadn't died when he was 27 years old.
According to the old man I met yesterday, cockroaches can be eaten and don't taste all that bad.
Seen from a distance, the big rock looks like an old castle.
In America, you are a minor if you are under 18 years old.
Lots of old people are killed in traffic accidents every year.

English word "older"(old) occurs in sets:

Stopniowanie przymiotników

2. younger younger


We were younger then.
I realize that this may sound crazy, but I think I've fallen in love with your younger sister.
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
The government will have much trouble balancing the needs of its younger population with the requirements of the old people.
Younger Cubans tend to tune into the American television network.
The younger brother replied, "I have heard: 'He who is afraid of the leaves must not go into the forest.'"
Right now, to 20 people only, we're revealing for free the secret of manipulating younger women.
Yamada isn't very popular with the girls in his school year, but he's popular amongst the younger students.
Did you hear that our neighbor was fooling around with a younger woman?
You know my younger daughter is about the same age as your son. That's why I think that they will get engaged.
No sooner had the younger brother gone into the forest than he found the river, swam across it, and there on the other side was the she-bear, fast asleep.
Look how they all speak ill of me behind my back because I married a woman thirty years younger than me.
Television shows violence, which influences, above all, younger people.
If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

English word "older"(younger) occurs in sets:

Stopniowanie przymiotników - Opposite

3. elder elder


an elder brother/sister
My elder brother finished his homework very quickly.
Again the younger brother became a wanderer, and he arrived one day at the house of the elder brother.
How old is your elder son?
I am not going into the forest after bear cubs, said the elder brother.
His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.
You should help this elderly lady carry her shopping.
Most young girls think, it's nice to have an elder brother because want to have someone to help them in need
You see, said the elder brother, "I was right. Here I have lived quietly and well, while you, though you may have been a king, have seen a great deal of trouble."
Although I am her elder, she treats me as if I were her servant.
The elder brother was living in a village and had grown neither rich nor poor.
Then the younger brother set off, and the elder remained behind.
My elder brother got a position in a big business.
The elder sons are now quite independent of their father.
John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.