Anne now keeps company with Roger, although he is not yet divorced from his legal wife.

安妮现在与罗杰形影不离，尽管他还没有同他的合法妻子离婚。

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Nowhere did a wife have legal protection against family violence.

在任何地方，妻子在家庭暴力中都没有得到法律保护。

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The affair was not exactly resumed; their contacts were confined to her dental appointments, since risking anything more might imperil her legal status as a wronged wife.

可他们的恋情并未重燃，两人的接触只限于她去看牙医的时间，更多的接触 可能会破坏她的名声，使人们认为她不是一个被抛弃的妻子。

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So the legal situation was set up to try to keep the wife's ownership as part of a different family, and so her money didn't go to her husband, and his money didn't go to her.

所以立法的本意是,保持妻子所有权于另一个家庭，这样她的钱就不会流到丈夫手中，丈夫的钱也不会流到她手中。

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