• 1. public building
• 2. dwelling house
• 3. mansion
• 4. weekend house
• 5. block of flats
• 6. multi-storey block of flats
• 7. sky-scraper
• 8. palace
• 9. castle
• 10. barracks
• 11. flat/apartment
• 12. penthouse

• 13. studio
• 14. permanent / temporary residence
• 15. top floor
• 16. two-storeyed house
• 17. semi-detached cottage
• 18. ranch
• 19. condominium
• 20. villa
• 21. bungalow

• 1. nurcery
• 2. study
• 3. living room / sitting room
• 4. dining room
• 5. bedroom
• 6. bathroom
• 7. lounge
• 8. kitchen
• 9. pantry
• 10. attic
• 11. roof
• 12. loft

• 13. basement
• 14. balcony
• 15. chimney
• 16. French window
• 17. front door
• 18. door lock
• 19. spy-hole
• 20. front steps
• 21. staircase landing
• 22. porch
• 23. veranda

• 1. yard
• 2. lawn
• 3. orchard
• 4. garden
• 5. lawn
• 6. sward
• 7. flower-bed
• 8. fence
• 9. hedge

• 10. path
• 11. pond
• 12. well
• 13. summer house
• 14. green-house
• 15. two-car garage
• 16. tool shed
• 17. pavement
• 18. summer house

• IV. House fittings and accommodations

• 1. modern conveniences: electricity, cold and hot running water, gas, central heating
• 2. washing machine
• 3. ironing table
• 4. dishwasher
• 5. vacuum cleaner
• 6. fridge
• 7. cooker / gas-stove / electric stove

• 8. radio
• 9. stereo
• 10. music centre
• 11. reading/standing/wall lamp
• 12. telephone
• 13. toilet
• 14. lift
• 15. chute

• 1. bed / divan-bed
• 2.sofa
• 3.chair
• 4.arm-chair
• 5.dressing stool
• 6.table / desk
• 7.dressing table
• 8.TV stand

bookcase / cupboard / wardrobe

• 9.mirror
• 10. carpet / rug / mat
• 11. curtain
• 12. stool
• 13. cabinet / bedside cabinet
• 14. wall-furniture
• 15. swite
• 16. unit(s)

TV set

• VI. Collocations

• 1. To be situated / located
• 2. to live in the country / in town
• 3. to live in the centre / in the suburbs / on the outskirts of
• 4.
• 5. to live in a two-room flat
• 6. to be in a good/ bad location
• 7. to be in a safe/dangerous place for living
• 8. residential street
• 9. to be a long way from
• 10. to be … kilometers from the town centre
• 11. to be quite near public transport / the tube station
• 12. to be next to the park
• 13. a good-sized room
• 14. high / low ceilings
• 15. to lead into (about doors)
• 16. to face south / north
• 17. to look out into
• 18. to overlook (the sea)
• 19. to move into / to move out / to move from / to move back to
• 20. to move house
• 21. to decorate
• 22. to furnish (a flat)
• 23. to be chosen to match the style of the house (about furniture)
• 24. a well-furnished flat
• 25. to rent a room / a house
• 26. to buy a flat
• 27. to share a room
• 28. to have one’s own room
• 29. a single room

to take in lodgers

• 30. to trespass
• 31. to live next door to smb
• 32. to keep the house
• 33. to keep things in order
• 34. to do jobs around the house
• 35. to tidy up
• 36. messy/untidy
• 37. to sweep the floor
• 38. to iron
• 39. to polish
• 40. to dust
• 41. to air
• 42. to wash up
• 43. to empty garbage pail
• 44. to paint a door white
• 45. to paper the walls
• 46. to whitewash the ceiling
• 47. to tile the bathroom
• 48. to heat the house
• 49.
• 50. to be in good repair
• 51. to be in need of repair
• 52. to fix the tap
• 53. to screw in a bulb
• 54. to ring the bell
• 55. to answer the door bell
• 56. to answer the telephone
• 57. to switch off/on the light
• 58. a well-planned house
• 59. to be on the first floor
• 60. to be on the ground floor

• VII. Proverbs and idiomatic expressions

• 1. An Englishman’s home is his castle.
• 2. There is no place like home.
• 3. East or west, home is best.
• 4. to keep open house
• 5. to make smb feel at home
• 6 to feel at home
• 7. to come to one’s place
• 8. to make oneself at home
• 9. to be homesick