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wife
A wife is a female partner in a continuing marital relationship. The term continues to be applied to a woman who has separated from her partner, and ceases to be applied to such a woman only when her marriage has come to an end, following a legally recognized divorce or the death of her spouse. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow, but not after she is divorced from her partner. The rights and obligations of a wife in relation to her partner and her status in the community and in law vary between cultures and have varied over time.
These days where I live in, in front of my building there is an apartment. Now, there is an window just in front of my desk. When I sit there for working, generally at evening time, in the other building there is a woman(she's married!) and I assume she comes from her working place around 8:00...