wifely dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

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She then decided to leave her family, which contradicted what was seen as her wifely duty.
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She bridles at his indomitable ways, he torments her into a state of compliance, and she submits to wifely obedience.
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Although the wives show concern for their husbands out of wifely katagi, the men never listen and always do what they think is best.
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He probably believes women should be barefoot and pregnant, at home cooking and cleaning, doing wifely duties at his beck and call...
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They shared an outrageous lifestyle epitomized by his suspending her from a balcony in a failed attempt to intimidate her into wifely submission.
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One is the first wife, and the other a house-girl, recently elevated to wifely status.
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What annoys me is your insistence that you'll never cook for me, help me to wash or do any wifely duty until we're married.
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She chafes at wifely subservience while men are free to behave as they please.
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She was allowed to forgive him one affair (with a hairdresser, just months after their wedding) on the grounds of wifely devotion.
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Modern readers often feel uncomfortable with the conflicting relationship between women's ability and wifely duty and the general tone of subordination to men encompassed within the play.
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