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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
marriage
/ˈmæɹɪdʒ/
noun
formal relationship between a husband and a wife
- “The obligations of marriage are fine, but they are obligations.”Tatoeba
- “These days, the motives for marriage are not necessarily pure.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)