Those at greatest risk of developing dementia were people who had lost their partner before middle age and then continued to live as a widow or widower.

最有可能患老年痴呆症的人是那些中年以前就丧偶并且此后一直独居的寡妇或鳏夫。

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An elderly widow and widower were dating for about five years. The man finally decided to ask her to marry. She immediately said "yes".

一对寡妇和鳏夫已经约会五年了。男方终于下定决心向女方求婚。她毫不犹豫的答应了。

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We now have a widow, widower, two young children and a teen occupying space at Downton.

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Less prescription - company pension schemes should be freed from obligations to boost rewards in line with inflation, and payout, after death, to a claimant's widow or widower.

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As part of this change, derived entitlement to the basic state pension - where someone receives a married person's pension or a widow's or widower's pension based not on their own working life but the National Insurance record of their spouse or civil partner - will also go.

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