Taiwan woman divorces husband who ignored her messages
A wife in Taiwan was recently granted a divorce from her husband, who she accused of ignoring her – and her unanswered text messages were a key piece of evidence.
The wife sent her husband messages via the Line app for six months. The messages were marked as read — meaning he presumably opened and read them – and yet the wife rarely, if ever, got a reply. At one point, the wife sent her husband messages saying she was in the emergency room and demanding to know why he wasn’t answering her messages.
The judge in family court saw the unanswered messages (and the terse, unemotional replies the wife did occasionally get) and concluded the wife had enough grounds for a divorce. The defendant did not inquire about the plaintiff, and the information sent by the plaintiff was read but not replied to. The couple’s marriage is beyond repair.
source: The Next Web
Match the words with the definitions.
| 1 | someone who brings a case to court | a | beyond repair |
| 2 | something that can’t be helped | b | judge |
| 3 | someone who is accused of a crime | c | evidence |
| 4 | something that proves a statement | d | plaintiff |
| 5 | someone who decides on a case at court | e | defendant |
Key: 1-d, 2-a, 3-e, 4-c, 5-b
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to be granted a divorce |
kimondják a válását |
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to accuse somebody of |
valamivel vádolni |
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to ignore |
nem venni tudomást róla |
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evidence |
bizonyíték |
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presumably |
feltehetően |
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rarely |
ritkán |
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emergency room |
sürgősségi osztály |
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to demand |
követelni |
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judge |
bíró |
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terse |
szűkszavú, rövid |
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unemotional |
érzelemmentes |
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occasionally |
időnként |
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to conclude |
következtetésre jutni |
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to have enough grounds for |
elég alapja van valamire |
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defendant |
alperes |
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to inquire |
érdeklődni, tudakozódni |
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plaintiff |
felperes, sértett |
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to be beyond repair |
helyrehozhatatlan |
