单词 Collocations with wife 释义

Collocations withwife

These are words often used in combination withwife.

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ailing wifeTake a man who has an ailing wife requiring constant treatment.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0beloved wifeHe offers the following analogy : if one receives a message that purports to be from one's beloved wife, this uncertain provenance nevertheless gives us some reason to believe the message.From theCambridge English Corpusdear wifeOur thoughts go out to his dear wife and family on their grevious loss.From theCambridge English Corpusestranged wifeWhen a father makes such an application to a court, presumably the estranged wife or partner would have the right to challenge it.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0future wifeI wish him and his future wife every happiness.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0lawful wifeAfter a few years he left her, lived with another woman and brought up three children; but his lawful wife would not divorce him.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0loving wifeThe still loving wife who has the courage to hold on to her last, faint hope is thought to be distinctly unsporting.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0separated wifeIncreases for a separated wife or children are, however, payable only if the claimant is already making the requisite contributions to their maintenance.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0surviving wifeMoreover, for the surviving wife, such procreation could have a significance that is comparable to that of procreation in the ordinary context.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/wife##