READING 1: FAMILY MATTERS

a husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner (formal)

a former member of an established couple

to have stopped living together as a couple

somebody's wife, husband or partner (informal)

a person who has recently died

a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

money or property which you receive from somebody who has died

a man whose wife has died and who has not married again

a document in which a person declares what should be done with their money and property after they died

to be legally separated from a husband or wife because the marriage has ended