A throwaway marriage; to call it quits; a serial marriage; to end in dissolution; a record that stood unchallenged; an uncontested case; to become two households; alimony and child-support payments; a broken home; family counselors; traditional-minded Americans; monogamy; a marriage failure; divorce explosion; to assert a new independence.
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If someone is ALONE, there is nobody with him. If someone does something alone nobody else helps him. Alone is not used in front of nouns (attributively). It is used only predicatively. E.g. Mrs. Gerhardt concluded that Jennie wished to be alone, and she went away.
LONE differs from alone in being used both attributively and predicatively. besides, lone is stylistically elevated. E.g. a lone traveller.
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If someone is LONELY, they are unhappy because of being alone or without friends. E.g. He was so lonely that after supper he stopped to talk with an old lady.
In the 1990s, lonely hearts are women and men, who are living on their own and wanting to meet someone as a companion or to marry. They place ads in the lonely hearts columns of newspapers and magazines, asking to meet other men and women. They go to introduction agencies, sometimes called lonely hearts clubs, computerized now, and catering for a huge market.
Note, that LONESOME also means unhappy because of being alone or without friends, but lonesome is often connected with a stronger feeling of sadness, unhappiness because of being far away from his or her beloved, or not being at home, etc. it also implies a stronger desire to get rid of it. E.g. He is just keeping company with me. I had to, you see, she said after a pause. I was getting pretty lonesome.
III. Use one of these words:
1. She was less bored and when she began to make friends with her neighbours in the apartment.
2. If men knew how women pass the time when they are , theyd never marry.
3. Better be than in bad company.
4. My heart is a hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
5. Only the know the way I feel.
6. You must keep up your spirits, mother, and not be because I am not at home.
7. She was too like a man in a house full of women and children.
8. He travels the fastest who travels .
9. Perhaps he would come in now, for surely he would not like to think of his wife crying in here .
10. Sometimes I dare not be at night, I am afraid.
Over to you
I. When a marriage is in trouble, what is the best way to save it? Should the couple attempt to resolve their problems by themselves? Should they go for help to a relative (like the wifes mother, for instance)? Should they consult a religious authority, like minister, priest, or rabbi? Or should they go to an outsider like marriage counselor? Which of these experts would give the most reliable advice? Explain why you think so/
II. Is marriage out of date? Tell why you think it is (or is not) still useful to society.
III. How easy do you think it should be to get a divorce?
IV. In your view what are the most important aspects which keep families together?
