living without one’s mother-in-law

living Verb

— A living thing is a person, animal or plant that is not dead—it is still able to function and grow. Living things grow and make more living things like themselves.

living Noun

— A way of earning money. What do you do for a living?

without Preposition

— Used to say that you don't have something or that something isn't in a place. I went all the way to school without my books. It's hard to make a word without a, e, i, o, or u. The picture's OK, but the room looks better without it. — Used to say that somebody didn't do something or that something didn't happen. She walked past without looking at me. Without stopping, he ran all the way home. — outside

mother Noun

— A mother is the woman who is one of a person or animal's parents. My mother read me a story and put me to bed every night when I was a child.

mother Verb

— If you mother someone, you take care of them as if you were their mother.

in Preposition

— Used to show that something is inside something else. The cat is in the box. — Used to show that someone is at home, or is available. Is John in? The Doctor is now in. — Used to show movement towards the inside. The rain came in through the window.

law Noun

— Laws are the official rules of a government or organisation. We have defined crime as behaviour which breaks the criminal law. We believe that this law is wrong and we are not prepared to obey such a law. The Kyoto treaty became law in 2005. — The law is the police. — A law is something that is always true. — Law is the study of laws.