Bài hát: Changed (Vocab) - AJ Hoge
In the beginning ,the women write " my husband of twenty nine years ,they had been married 39 years "....
* “No longer” mean "not anymore" ,or in the past ,he did it ,but now he does not
* “Hug” mean : hold some one or some thing that you like or love.
* “Affection” ... maybe is touching,hugging,holding, these are all of Affection. Affection mean you show your love ,kissing,hugging,holding hand.
And no more affection from him
She said " I had seen him through cancer and diabetes "
* “Diabetes” is blood sugar disease
* “Cancer” is serious disease ,hard to cure ( chữa ) ,difficult to cure
In the past ,her husband has cancer and diabetes .
* She said “ I had seen him through” means you stay with them and you help them ,you not leave.
Example : my Mom seen me through many time ,when I was chirld ,I was sick ,my Mom “saw me through “ .She took care of me ,she helped me,she “saw me through “
We had seeing a therapist for a years and a haft .
* “Therapist” is a professional helper.
Therapist help you with your problem,you talk to them and they help you.
You say “Oh,I feel bad ,I’m sad “ and the therapist talk to you ,help you better .
* “Seeing” mean meeting or going to .
They started it a year and a haft ago . They say they got a problem ,please help us !
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She said her husband is kind (tốt bụng ) ,generous (hào phóng ) and friendly ,but no have any compliment.
* “Compliment” is a nice word or sentences about someone.
You say something nice to someone ,example : “ oh! you are very beautiful “ .That sentences is a compliment .
So, her husband does not say compliment anymore .No more compliment.There are no compliment.
* “Banter” mean fun conversation ,not serious (Nghiêm túc )
* “Flirtatious” ,come from “flirt” -a verb mean to attack (!?!) a man who opposite ***. For example , a man talk a woman because she is beautiful ,he said “oh,I like you, you are pretty ,come to dinner with me”
We call that “flirting” ( mình đoán từ này là tán tỉnh ).Talking to someone you like .
So ,”flirtitious” is a adjective .
A phrase “flirtatious-banter” means fun conversation about dating ( hò hẹn) or about affection or,maybe ,about *** :))) (AJ Hoge đê tiện :))) )
That is “flirtatiuos-banter” ,playing with conversation with someone you like .
Fun conversation between a man and a women . (cụm có hai từ trên tạm dịch là tán tỉnh bông đùa :”> )
He swear he is not having an affair .
* The verb “swear” ,in here , to swear mean to promise ,he promised he is not having an affair .
Swear has an other meaning ,be careful Biểu tượng cảm xúc grin - a bad word , “***” ( Biểu tượng cảm xúc poop ) if you say “***” then you are “swearing” ,that is a sucker meaning .
But here ,swear mean to promise .
“He promise he is not having an affair”
*“An affair” mean dating (hẹn hò ) one another person when you are married ,if you are married but you have an other boyfriend or girlfriend .
Then ,you are having an affair mean you are having an extra boyfriend or girlfriend .
He doesn’t have another women ,and he doesn’t know why he had changed,he doesn’t know why he not showing any affetion.
Perhaps you do ? - a question
“You” mean ABBY or us-people reading this letter .
That’s all !!
Signed “Grace in Phoenix”
Grace is her name .
* “Phoenix” is a city ,Phoenix Arizona is a State in South of US