DEAR WIFE collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of dear and wife
dear
adjective
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/dɪər/us
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/dɪr/
wife
uk
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/waɪf/us
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/waɪf/
the woman that you are ...
Examples of dear wife
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Our thoughts go out to his dear wife and family on their grevious loss.
He had gone with his dear wife for a holiday.
I chose it for myself and my dear wife.
Every two weeks or so my dear wife helps in the collection of waste paper.
He asked for permission to visit her to say goodbye to his dear wife.
For some reason or other it was very largely through him and also due to the encouragement of my dear wife that my stammer has at least partly disappeared.
I feel sure that my dear wife and children will not be neglected.
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The good fortune to which we have attained, my dear wife, is incalculable.
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I found an excellent, dear wife, and we raised four fine boys, who all are settled and have families.
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He then went shopping in the city, buying two chocolate bars, according to himself for his dear wife, and a flashlight.
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Stanes wrote that my dear wife endured it all without a murmur and with the greatest patience.
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They work on their own farms in their spare time, helped by their dear wives, and their days are spent helping their neighbours on the larger farms or in afforestation.
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