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词汇 example_english_elderly-widow
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elderly widow

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meanings of elderlyand widow


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elderly
adjective
uk /ˈel.dəl.i/ us /ˈel.dɚ.li/
polite word ...
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widow
noun[C]
uk /ˈwɪd.əʊ/ us /ˈwɪd.oʊ/
a woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not ...
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Examples of elderly widow


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Elderlywidow develops panic attacks, followed by depression.
But what about the elderlywidow in my constituency who visits my surgery?
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There is a family in which an elderlywidow suffers from angina.
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For example, an elderlywidow was traumatised by bad hairdressing.
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The elderlywidow would pay the same as the family of four or five.
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We have rates on one house occupied by an elderlywidow.
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Therefore, it falls heavily upon the young manual worker or the elderlywidow.
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The other case concerns an elderlywidow of restricted means living in much less attractive accommodation.
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She is an elderlywidow who had been identified through our pilot project and given extra help.
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I will illustrate it in this way: take the typical, classic recipient of this benefit, the elderlywidow.
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One elderlywidow told me that she had a very small income, that she received only the widow's pension, but that she was having to pay income tax.
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What about the elderlywidow who sees her savings invested in gilt-edged eroded every year in terms of shrinking values expressed in a shrinking pound?
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It is not uncommon to find an elderlywidow living in a five-apartment house in my constituency.
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But if in each case the victim were an elderlywidow, there would be an aggravating factor—consistent selection of vulnerable victims.
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But the elderlywidow or the pensioner who knits is unable to get an increase in supplementary benefits to help pay for the increased cost of knitting wool.
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An elderlywidow pays exactly the same when she is living on her own as does her neighbour with a working family of 10 living in a similar house.
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I have been approached by an elderlywidow whose rent of £150 inclusive is to be increased to £400 exclusive.
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She too is an elderlywidow.
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The elderlywidow who lives alone does not necessarily want the offender to work in her garden or paint the house which, a fortnight earlier, he burgled.
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The single person discount will not apply equally to the rich millionaire and to the poor elderlywidow.
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