1 early

2 prior

3 former

4 in advance

5 first

1 big

2 huge

3 large

4 major

5 great

6 wide

7 deep

8 older (than)

9 oldest

10 eldest

11 greatly

12 very much

13 (dialect) father

14 father's elder or younger brother

1 very auspicious

2 extremely lucky

1 everyone

2 influential family

3 great expert

1 prize

2 award

1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)

2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on

3 complete ignorance

1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)

1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant

2 without an inkling

1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge

2 dilettante

3 amateur

1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)

2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend

3 a straw in the wind